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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3156 By: Roberts
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to elections; prohibiting the use of
ranked choice voting; defining terms; declaring
certain ordinances and elections void; authorizing
certain entities to bring civil action; 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 1-112 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No election conducted by the State Election Board, a county
election board, or any municipality authorized to conduct elections
in Oklahoma shall use ranked choice voting, ranked voting,
proportional ranked voting, preferential voting, or instant runoff
voting.
B. As used in this secti on, "ranked choice voting, ranked
voting, proportional ranked voting, and preferential voting " shall
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mean any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a
sequence from first, second, third, and onward on a ballot to
determine a winning candidate.
C. As used in this section, "instant runoff voting" shall mean
any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a sequence
from first, second, third, and onward to determine which candidates
advance to a general election.
D. Any existing or future ordinance enacted or adopted by a
county, municipality, or any other local government entity which is
in conflict with this section is void. Any election for any public
office in this state conducted under a voting system prohibited by
this section is void.
E. The Oklahoma Attorney General shall have the authority to
bring a civil action in an appropriate court for such decl aratory or
injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out this section. If the
Oklahoma Attorney General declines to pursue action, the Secretary
of the State Election Board, or the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives jointly, may bring such civil action.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-10121 LRB 02/12/24