NC S657

Eliminates same-day voter registration and preregistration for voters under 18, requiring registration to occur 25 days before elections instead.

Changes one-stop early voting to begin the second Thursday (instead of third Thursday) before elections and prohibits voting on Sundays.

Modifies ballot candidate ordering from alphabetical to random order for non-major party candidates and implements rotating order for major party candidates every four years.

Adds criminal penalties including Class 2 misdemeanors for selling voter registration forms, altering registration information, coercing party affiliation choices, and distributing premarked forms without consent.

Requires multiple one-stop voting sites within a county to be open simultaneously and establishes new procedures for provisional ballot voting with restrictions on organizing individuals to vote at non-assigned precincts.