A bill would allow early voters to switch parties.

Rep. Cary Allred, an Alamance County Republican, said he filed the bill to make the rules on early voting more uniform.

Under current state law, people who register during early voting can choose their party, but voters who are already registered can't switch. 

The bill would open the state's primary system a little, since it could lead to more crossover voting by people who switch parties at the last minute.

But Allred said he was not worried by that possibility.

"We've become pretty liberal in allowing unaffiliated voters to vote in either primary already," he said. "Why shouldn't the rest of us get to?"

Recent House bills of note:

H.B. 338: Stimulus Funds/Contractors Must Use E-Verify, Rep. Pat McElraft

H.B. 339: Taxpayer Transparency Act, Reps. McElraft, Pat Hurley, Curtis Blackwood and Hugh Blackwell

H.B. 344: Employers Must Use E-Verify Program, Reps. Wil Neumann and George Cleveland

H.B. 351: Party Change During Early Voting, Rep. Cary Allred

H.B. 361: Defense of Marriage, Reps. David Lewis, James Crawford, Pearl Burris-Floyd and Dewey Hill

H.B. 362: Access to Higher Education, Rep. Pricey Harrison, Paul Luebke, Rick Glazier and Verla Insko