A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to study second primaries.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee shall study current laws related to second primaries and recommend any legislation that it deems advisable. The study may include any of the following:
(1)	The administrative burden of voter registration and addresses changes between first and second primaries.
(2)	The impact of statutory increases in the length of time between the first and second primary.
(3)	The frequency and cost of second primaries.
(4)	The continued need for second primaries in the election cycle.
(5)	If the second primary process were repealed, should there be any modifications to the method of determining the result of the primary.
(6)	Any other information the Committee finds relevant to second primaries.
SECTION 1.(b)  The Committee shall report its findings and recommendations on this study to the 2016 Regular Session of the 2015 General Assembly no later than April 15, 2016.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.