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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1022 By: Fugate
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendm ent to the Constitution of
the State of Oklahoma by adding a new Section 6 to
Article III; prohibiting printing of party
affiliation of any candidate on any ballot for
General Election; providing ballot title; and
directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 5 9TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma by adding a new Secti on 6 to Article III thereof, to read
as follows:
Section 6. Beginning with the first General Election after the
passage of this act, and each General Election thereafter, the
Secretary of the State Election Board shall not prin t the party
affiliation of any candidate on any ballot for a General Election in
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this state. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized
to promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section.
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 No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure adds a new section to the Oklahoma Constitution.
It prohibits the Secretary of the State Election Board from
printing the party affiliation of any candidate on a ballot at a
General Election. It authorizes the Secretary to promulgate
rules.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPRO VED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
immediately after the passa ge of this resolution, shall prepare and
file one copy thereof, inclu ding the Ballot Title set forth in
SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the
Attorney General.
59-1-6765 LRB 01/09/23