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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3232 By: Crosswhite Hader
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; providing for
suspension of provisions implementing federal law;
providing for certain determinat ion; providing for
notification and publication ; authorizing
promulgation of rules; authorizing modification of
certain voting procedures; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 22-117 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. In the event any federal law, regulat ion, order, or other
official action seeks to substantially modify or super sede any voter
registration or election administration laws and procedures duly
enacted by the Legislature, that federal law, regulation , order, or
other official action shall be ap plicable only to elections for
federal office held in this state.
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B. Notwithstanding any federal law, regulation, order, or other
official action, the voter registration or election administration
laws and procedures duly enacted by the Legislature shall continue
to be enforced for all state, county, municipal, and other poli tical
subdivision elections held in this state.
C. The determination that a federal law, regulation, order, or
other official action would su bstantially modify or supersede the
voter registration or election administration laws and procedures
duly enacted by the Legislature shall be made by the Attorney
General, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the State Election
Board. The determination shall be made in writing and shall state
the reasons for the determination.
D. 1. In the event that such determination is made, no other
election authorized by state law shall be conducted on the same date
as a regular or special election for fede ral office.
2. The Secretary of the State Elec tion Board shall temporarily
modify such election dates and other associated dates and deadlines
provided in Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes to ensure that no
other election in this state is held on the same date as a special
or regular election for fede ral office. The modification of
election dates and other associated dates and deadlines shall remain
in effect until the Legislature shall repeal it or shall enact
modified election dates and other associated dates and deadlines by
law.
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3. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall notify the
Governor, the Presid ent Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate,
and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in writing
about such modifications and shall publish the sam e on the website
for the State Election Board.
4. Persons who register to vote pursuant to federal law,
regulation, order, or other official action shall be eligible to
vote only in elections for federal office if the voter registration
was submitted or otherwise made in a ma nner not authorized by the
laws or procedures duly enacted by the Legislature.
E. The Secretary of the State Election Board may promulgate
such rules and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of
this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
02/21/2022 - DO PASS.