How Oklahoma Lawmakers Are Seeking to Change Elections and Ballot Initiatives

  • A raft of bills reflect lawmakers' desire to change how Oklahomans vote and what they vote on. In this file photo, residents of Weatherford, a college town an hour west of Oklahoma City, voted at Life Fellowship Church on Nov. 8, 2022. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
    A raft of bills reflect lawmakers' desire to change how Oklahomans vote and what they vote on. In this file photo, residents of Weatherford, a college town an hour west of Oklahoma City, voted at Life Fellowship Church on Nov. 8, 2022. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
  • Oklahoma Watch, at oklahomawatch.org, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers public-policy issues facing the state.
    Oklahoma Watch, at oklahomawatch.org, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers public-policy issues facing the state.
    With the 2024 presidential election cycle on the horizon, Oklahoma lawmakers have introduced more than 90 election and voting bills ahead of the upcoming legislative session. About one-fifth of these proposals are shell bills titled “Oklahoma Elections Reform Act of 2023.” Lawmakers will be tasked with adding more substantive language before the bills are considered. Leg...

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