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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 19 By: Standridge
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amend ment to Section 4 of
Article III of the Oklahoma Constitution; allowing
absentee voting only for specified reasons; providing
ballot title; making language gender neutral; and
directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE A ND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner p rovided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 4 of Article III of the
Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
Section 4. A. The Legislature shall prescribe the time and
manner of holding and conducting all elections, and enact such laws
as may be necessary to detect and punish fraud in such elections.
The Legislature may provide by law for the registration of elec tors
throughout the state and, when it is so provided, no person shall
vote at any election unless he or she shall have registered
according to law.
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B. The Legislature shal l prescribe the time and manner at which
a qualified elector may request and submit an ab sentee ballot and
have the ballot counted in the precinct in which he or she is
properly registered, if on the occurrence of any election, the
elector will be absent from his or her residence or otherwise unable
to vote at the proper polling place because of:
1. An occupation or business of the elector that requires him
or her to be elsewhere;
2. Illness or physical disability of the elector;
3. The observance of a r eligious holiday by the elector; or
4. Election day duties if the elector is a county employee.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum N o. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure will amend Section 4 of Article 3 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. The measure will allow absentee voting for
qualified electors only for specific reasons.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
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SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of this resol ution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Ti tle set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy wit h the Attorney
General.
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