HB 1182 Summary

• Allows school district board candidates to optionally have a political party designation appear next to their name on the ballot if they wish to identify one.

• Permits county and local office candidates to designate a political party on nomination petitions and ballots, making party designation voluntary rather than prohibited for these offices.

• Prohibits party affiliation references in petitions for state offices (supreme court judge, district court judge, superintendent of public instruction) and county offices in primary elections.

• Allows municipal candidates to have party designations on ballots and requires the city auditor to list party designations when applicable.

• Repeals section 40-21-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, which previously restricted party designations for municipal office candidates.