Gov. Beverly Perdue signed another seven bills Friday, including four that make changes to the state's election process or administration.

HB 1111: Clarifies when a candidate becomes covered by the state's campaign finance laws and places some limitations on the types of donations a candidate can receive for a legal expense fund. So that probably won't be relevant to anyone in state government any time soon.

HB 908: Allows teenagers to register to vote early. Their voter registration becomes active automatically when they turn 18.

HB 907: Tweaks the law regarding publicly funded campaigns. The law limits emergency money that is meant to help a candidate respond to another campaign in that emergency money won't be paid in response to a campaign ad that mentions all candidates. That change would have prevented a case where the state had to provide judicial candidates money when they were both mentioned favorably in a Democratic mailer.

SB 253: Makes it easier for military personnel to vote absentee.

State license plate options may grow even more.

Legislators have already filed 11 bills creating specialized license plates for North Carolina drivers this session.

That's on top of the more than 160 plates already authorized on behalf of the state flight museum, fox hunters, shag dancing and paramedics, among other groups, as noted in this 2007 N&O article.

Each special tag costs $10 to $30 more than the standard blue-and-white "First in Flight" plates, with $10 going to the state's parks, historic sites and highway beautification program and the rest to the sponsoring organization.

Plates proposed this year would promote the Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman; Mining, Travel and Tourism; the state flag; the Blue Knights police motorcycle club; Pinehurst golfing; the National Childhood Cancer Foundation; Old Baldy; the Stowe Botanical Gardens; the Horse Council; and the Beekeepers Association.

Another bill would allow the Smoky Mountains National Park plate to pay for administrative expenses as well as capital improvements.

At least 300 people must sign up for a plate before it can be issued.