EAIElectoral Access Index

§ 16.1-05-01 codifies election-board composition: inspector + at least two judges, with party representation when multiprecinct polling places exist. § 16.1-05-02 codifies qualifications. § 16.1-15-15 codifies county canvassing-board composition. § 16.1-15-16 codifies canvassing-board qualifications. Election administration is bipartisan-balanced at the local level; Secretary of State is partisan-elected statewide. Partial structural independence.

§ 16.1-01-04 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies elector qualifications: US citizen, 18+, resident of the precinct at least 30 days. § 16.1-13-35 codifies the new-resident exception for presidential elector voting. § 16.1-13-37 codifies application form. § 16.1-05-02 codifies parallel for election-board members. Age + residency + citizenship eligibility statutorily codified.

§ 16.1-02-08.1 codifies that the Department of Corrections reports felony-convicted incarcerated individuals to the Secretary of State who marks them as 'ineligible voter status' in the central voter file. § 16.1-13-08.2 codifies death/disqualification of candidates. § 16.1-15-16 codifies canvassing-board disqualifications. § 16.1-15-34 codifies state-canvassing-board disqualifications (relatives of candidates barred). Comprehensive disqualification framework codified.

§ 16.1-02-08.1(2) explicitly codifies restoration of voting rights: 'The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall provide a report to the secretary of state… of each individual previously convicted of and incarcerated for a felony whose civil rights have been restored as provided in chapter 12.1-33… The secretary of state shall change the ineligible voter status of the individual in the central voter file to the appropriate status.' Automatic restoration upon completion of incarceration.

“The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall provide a report to the secretary of state, including the name, address, and date of birth, if available, of each individual previously convicted of and incarcerated for a felony whose civil rights have been restored”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 16.1-05-07 codifies poll-clerk ID verification: 'Before delivering a ballot to an individual in any election, the poll clerks shall require the individual to show a valid form of identification with the information required under section 16.1-01-04.1.' § 16.1-01-04.1 enumerates the IDs: ND DOT driver's license or non-driver ID, or tribal ID. Statutorily enumerated.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 16.1-13-17 (Certificate of nomination by convention - Contents - Delivery) is unrelated to free-alternative-ID provisions. Free-ID provision lives in § 39-06-14 (NDDOT issues free non-driver ID for voting purposes) — separate title, not in this corpus.

§ 16.1-05-06 codifies challenging right to vote with affidavit alternative (though primary section repealed; cure procedure preserved via § 16.1-01-04.1 set-aside ballot process). § 16.1-13-34 codifies provisional ballots for voters voting after court-extended poll closing. § 16.1-07-18 codifies ballot-left-by-voter cure. Cure procedure codified though distributed across sections.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 16.1-08.1-01 (Campaign-finance Definitions) is unrelated. ND has NO voter registration — § 16.1-01-04 codifies voter qualifications by status (citizenship + age + residency) without a separate registration step. No registration deadline to codify.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 16.1-06-14 (voting-system requirements) is unrelated. ND has NO voter registration; eligibility is verified at the polls by ID per § 16.1-05-07. Central voter file (§ 16.1-02-03) is populated automatically from DOT records and poll-day attendance — no separate registration method to enumerate.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 16.1-06-14 (voting-system requirements) is unrelated. ND's no-registration regime means the cure analogue is § 16.1-01-04.1 set-aside ballot procedure (incomplete ID) — voter has up to 6 days after election to provide complete ID. Cure exists, but is not for incomplete-registration.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 16.1-08.1-01 (Campaign-finance Definitions) is unrelated. ND has no voter registration, so 'rejection-challenge' analogue is the § 16.1-05-06 challenge framework with affidavit-alternative.

§ 16.1-02-10 codifies inactive-status criteria (4 years without voting). § 16.1-02-15.1 codifies voter-list maintenance and sharing with other states/consortia (ERIC-like). § 16.1-02-03 codifies the central voter file. § 16.1-02-11 codifies SoS rule-making authority. § 16.1-02-05 codifies new-voter entry. Comprehensive list-maintenance criteria codified.

“After the close of each even-numbered calendar year, the secretary of state shall determine if any individual has not voted during the preceding four years and shall change the status of each such individual to "inactive" in the central voter file.”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 16.1-02-13 codifies central-voter-file pollbook generation with confidentiality of certain records. § 16.1-02-15 codifies availability for election-related uses with specified restrictions. § 16.1-02-11 codifies SoS rule-making for maintenance. § 16.1-07-10 codifies ballot custody. Voter-data security framework codified through chapter 16.1-02.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 16.1-13-27 codifies that 'any elector may receive the assistance of any individual of the elector's choice' (with limited disqualifications), or both election judges if requested. Parking at polling places 'must be accessible to individuals living with physical disabilities and the elderly, and must be clearly marked.' § 16.1-06-14 codifies voting-system accessibility. Comprehensive disability-assistance framework codified.

“Any elector may receive the assistance of any individual of the elector's choice, other than the elector's employer, officer or agent of the elector's union, a candidate running in that election, or a relative of a candidate”

§ 16.1-07-18 codifies the procedure when a voter leaves a ballot uncast — limited illiteracy-assistance context. § 16.1-13-27 codifies general elector-choice assistance which covers illiteracy needs (already scored in ASSIST.2). Statutory illiteracy-specific assistance not separately codified.

§ 16.1-05-04 codifies duties of election-board members during polling hours including that 'at least one election inspector and two election judges from the election board must be present on the premises of the polling place during the time the polls are open to prevent the occurrence of fraud, deceit, or other irregularity in the conduct of the election.' § 16.1-01-03 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies polls open 9am-7pm with extensions allowed (earliest 7am, latest 9pm). § 16.1-06-19 codifies polling-place postings.

§ 16.1-11.1-01 codifies that counties may conduct mail-ballot elections with statutory polling-place + records requirements. § 16.1-11.1-02 codifies mail-ballot applications. § 16.1-11.1-03 codifies mail-ballot distribution. § 16.1-11.1-06 codifies canvass procedure. § 16.1-11.1-07 codifies counting. Comprehensive mail-ballot election framework codified.

§ 16.1-07-16 codifies Secretary of State information regarding absentee voting. § 16.1-07-21 codifies UOCAVA absentee-ballot methods. § 16.1-07-05 codifies application timing. § 16.1-07-12 codifies opening absentee ballots. § 16.1-11.1-08 codifies applicable election laws. Comprehensive absentee/UOCAVA framework codified.

§ 16.1-07-15 codifies early voting: 'early voting must be authorized during the fifteen days immediately before the day of the election' when the board of county commissioners establishes an early voting precinct. § 16.1-04-02 codifies polling-place duties. § 16.1-15-04 codifies canvass of early-voting precincts. 15-day early voting window explicitly codified.

“Early voting must be authorized during the fifteen days immediately before the day of the election.”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 16.1-13-34 codifies provisional-ballot procedure for voters voting after court-extended poll closing time. The Secretary of State approves form and procedures for casting, secrecy, and counting of provisional ballots. ND has no general provisional ballot (because there is no registration), but the federal-court extension provisional is codified.

“An individual who votes after the regular poll closing time in an election in which a federal office appears as a result of a federal or state court order or any other order extending the time established for closing the polls under state law in effect ten days before the date of that election may only vote in that election by casting a provisional ballot.”