Amends GS Chapter 163 in three ways: (1) requires that the order in which political parties appear on election ballots be rotated so that the names of candidates and political parties appear in a maximum number of different orders and to achieve a reasonably even rotation of ballot styles in each county, (2) eliminates the “straight-party” ticket voting method (a place on the ballot to cast one vote simultaneously for all candidates for office of a particular political party), and (3) increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from five to six and retains current requirement that not more than three members of the Board shall be members of the same political party. Provisions regarding political party rotation and elimination of straight-party ticket voting method are effective with respect to elections conducted on or after January 1, 2012.