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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021 )
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 25 By: Standridge
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution making an application to the
United States Congress to call a convention of the
states under Article V of the United States
Constitution for the purpose of proposing an
amendment to the United States Constitution related
to proposing requirements for voting procedu res for
the states; providing for construction of
applications; directing transmission; and specifying
that applications constitute continuing application.
WHEREAS, the founders of the Constitution of the United States,
through the enactment o f Article V, empowered state legislators to
be guardians of liberty against future abuses of power by the
federal government; and
WHEREAS, the federal government has ceased to live under a
proper interpretation of the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, it is the solemn duty of the states to pro tect the
liberty of our people, particularly for the generations to come, by
proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States
through a convention of the states under Article V of the United
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States Constitution to place clear restraints on the se and related
abuses of power; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of the State of Oklahoma believe that it
is in the best interest of the people of the United States to amend
the United States Constitu tion in order to adopt an amendment to
specify voting requireme nts for all eligible voters in conducting
elections; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the
Constitution of the United States, each state may request Congress
to provide for a convention to propose an amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT R ESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
THAT the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma hereby applies to
Congress, under the p rovisions of Article V of the Constitution of
the United States, for the calling of a convention of the states
limited to proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution
that impose requirements for voting procedures for all states.
THAT the requirements for voting procedures for all states shall
include: proof of identification for each person casting a vote in
any federal election in the United States; ballots be restricted for
use by United States citizens and only that citizen can obtain a nd
use the issued ballot; an absentee ballot can only be delivered to
an eligible voter when a request is notarized or witnessed by two
other eligible voters that are unrelated to the requestor ;
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prohibiting another person from handling or marking a ballot of an
eligible voter unless the eligible voter made a lawful reques t to
authorize a caregiver because of incapacity or disability of the
eligible voter.
THAT penalties will be imposed for violations of the
requirements for voting procedures of the states by makin g it
unlawful for any person, association, corporation, poli tical party
or any other kind of entity to violate any of the provision s or
portion of a provision of the amendment and such person ,
association, corporation, political party or any other kind of
entity shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonmen t for a
minimum of five (5) years and will be prohibited from voting or
participating in any election in the United States for life.
THAT this application shall be deemed an application for a
convention to address each or all of the subjects herein stated.
For the purposes of determining whether two -thirds of the states
have applied for a convention addressing any of the subjects stated
herein, this application is to be aggregated with the applica tions
of any other state legislatures for the single subject s of providing
requirements for voting procedures.
THAT the Secretary of the Sen ate is hereby directed to transmit
copies of this application to the President and Secretary of the
United States Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, to transmit copies to the members
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of the United States Sena te and United States House of
Representatives from this state, and to transmit copies hereof to
the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the
several states, requesting their cooperation .
THAT this application constitutes a continuin g application in
accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States
until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states
have made applications on the same subject.
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