Senate Bill No. 2369 Summary

• Establishes ballot access requirements for political organizations seeking to nominate candidates for statewide and legislative offices, requiring either prior organization under chapter 16.1-03, previous ballot placement with at least 5% of votes in presidential/gubernatorial/attorney general/secretary of state races, or a petition signed by 7,000 qualified electors

• Modifies precinct caucus procedures to allow the state party executive committee to issue caucus calls if no district chairman exists and updates notice requirements to reference legislative districts alongside precinct information

• Changes primary election ballot format from "columns" to "sections" for each political party or principle and updates ballot language and design requirements for both general and primary elections

• Allows political organizations that fail to meet the 5% threshold to organize under chapter 16.1-03 and elect one precinct committeeman per precinct in their district

• Repeals sections 16.1-03-12 and 16.1-03-19 of the North Dakota Century Code relating to political party organization