Adds new GS 163-165.6A, to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in any election, primary, referendum, or appointment. Defines “ranked choice voting” as “a method that allows a voter the option to rank candidates for office in the voter’s order of preference.”
Amends GS 163-166.4 to expressly allow political canvassing in the area adjoining, rather than adjacent to, the buffer zone around a voting place. Requires the county board of elections to include in the information about each voting place details concerning the area adjoining the buffer zone in which political activity is permitted. Explicitly adds canvassing to the activities allowed in the area adjoining the buffer. 
Amends GS 163-166.40(b) to change the earliest permitted start date for the early voting period from the third Thursday before an election to the second Thursday.
Amends GS 163-230.1(g) to always require, as part of the “reasonable impediment” document concerning voter identification, the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number and, as one of the three additional data points to be provided by the voter, the voter’s date of birth.
Amends GS 163-230.2 to require the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number as part of the request form for an absentee ballot.
Applies to elections held on or after the date the bill becomes law.

Statutes affected:
Filed: 163-166.4, 163-166.40, 163-230.2
Edition 1: 163-166.4, 163-166.40, 163-230.2