ND SB2252

District party committees in each legislative district must vote between July 1 and December 1 of odd-numbered years to choose between holding an endorsing caucus/convention or participating in a primary election to nominate legislative candidates

State party committees must similarly decide during the same timeframe whether to use endorsing caucuses/conventions or primary elections for partisan statewide candidates, with decisions reported to the secretary of state within 10 days

Endorsing caucuses or conventions must be held by May 1 of even-numbered years, with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes becoming the endorsed nominee for general election ballot placement

Candidates who fail to receive caucus/convention endorsement may still appear on the general election ballot as independent candidates

If a district or state committee fails to decide or notify the secretary of state by the deadline, a primary election must be held by default under existing law