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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1610 By: Daniels
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to conduct of elections; defining
terms; prohibiting certain voting systems; 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 7-140 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Instant runoff voting” means any voting system in which a
voter ranks candidates in a sequence from first, second, third, and
onward to determine which candidates advance to a general elec tion;
and
2. “Ranked choice voting, ranked voting, proportional ranked
voting, or preferential voting” means any voting system in which a
voter ranks candidates in a sequence from first, second, third, and
onward on a ballot to determine a winning candida te.
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B. No election conducted by the State Election Board, a county
election board, or any entity authorized to conduct elections in
this state shall use ranked choice voting, ranked voting ,
proportional ranked voting, preferential voting, or instant runof f
voting.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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