---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ban Butterfly and Punch-Card Ballots."
description: "Ban Butterfly and Punch-Card Ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 34"
citation: "North Carolina HB 34 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GOODWIN", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "DUPLIN COUNTY", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "MITCHELL COUNTY", "VANCE COUNTY", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "MCDOWELL COUNTY", "WATAUGA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-01-31"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ca410d-a7dd-4ed7-824d-4bbd1374f6d4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H34&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4e8d987d3c7b7bad18982064e9b24fee9c629105be78d09bee3865631d861286"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 34 (2001) — Ban Butterfly and Punch-Card Ballots.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H34v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H34v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H34v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H34v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H34v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H34v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-310 `became-law`
- **2001-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-19** Ratified
- **2001-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** Postponed To 7/19/2001
- **2001-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2001
- **2001-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-11** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Rec From House
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2001
- **2001-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-01** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0ca410d-a7dd-4ed7-824d-4bbd1374f6d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).