This media report lays out the election related legislation that has been passed by the North Carolina Senate as the session nears conclusion.

It would:

• Cut early voting by a week.

• End same-day registration.

• Eliminate straight party ticket voting.

• Add restrictions to provisional voting, which is allowed when there are questions about registration.

• Require voters present a government ID. Student identification would not be allowed.

• End the ability of teenagers to register before they are 18.

• Repeal publicly funded elections for judicial races and increase the maximum individual campaign contribution from $4,000 to $5,000.

• End the requirement that candidates endorse their political ads.

• Require a second, but earlier, primary in presidential elections.

Chris Cooper, a political scientist at Western Carolina University, said requiring identification for voters has been popular in North Carolina, and the state is one of just 15 allowing straight-party tickets.

Some senators said they were concerned about ending straight party tickets because black voters are more likely to chose that method.