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)
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.
