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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Senate Considers Study on Partisan Primary Election Ballots and Voter Records
Last action · February 25, 2025: Second reading, failed to adoptSponsors: Chuck Walen and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
A concurrent resolution directs the to study partisan primary election procedures, evaluate whether separate party-based ballots would improve the primary, and report findings to the Seventieth Legislative Assembly.
The measure examines potential changes to how voters cast ballots in partisan primaries and whether political parties should gain access to primary voting history in a state that does not require voter registration.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Legislative Management
Assigned to conduct a study on primary election procedures and report findings and recommendations to the Seventieth Legislative Assembly.
Political parties
Addressed regarding potential access to information relating to qualified electors' voting records in primary elections.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 25, 2025SenateSecond reading, failed to adopt
- Feb 24, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0
- Feb 21, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Jan 30, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy55Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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