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This concurrent resolution directs the Legislative Management, a legislative oversight committee in North Dakota, to consider conducting a study on primary election procedures for partisan races, specifically exploring whether using separate ballots for different political parties would improve the state's primary election process. The resolution highlights some unique context about North Dakota's electoral system, including that it is the only state without voter registration and that a voter's recent voting history is currently an exempt record not accessible for political purposes. The resolution calls for the Legislative Management to investigate these primary election procedures and, if the study reveals potential improvements, to prepare recommendations and draft potential legislation to be presented to the Seventieth Legislative Assembly. The underlying goal appears to be enhancing transparency and potentially providing political parties with more information about voter participation in primary elections.

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https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo4016.html