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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1656 By: Howard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 4-101, which relates to voter reg istration;
modifying conditions for voter eligibility; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -101, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-101. Every person who is a qualified elector as
defined by Section 1 of Article III of the O klahoma Constitution
shall be entitled to become a registered voter in the precinct of
his or her residence, with the following conditions:
1. Persons convicted of a felony shall be eligib le to register
to vote when they have:
a. fully served their sentence of court-mandated calendar
days or their sentence has been discharged, including
any term of incarceration, parole or supervision, or
completed a period of probation ordered b y any court,
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b. received a commutation that reduced the sentence t o
time served pursuant to federal or state law , or
c. been granted a pardon pursuant to federal or state
law; and
2. Any person who has bee n adjudged to be an incapacitated
person as such term is defi ned by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the
Oklahoma Statutes shall be ineligible to regi ster to vote. When
such incapacitated person has been adjudged to be no longer
incapacitated such person shal l be eligible to become a registered
voter. The provisions o f this paragraph shall not prohibit any
person adjudged to be a partially incap acitated person as such term
is defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statu tes
from being eligible to register to vote unless the order adjudging
the person to be partially incapacitated restricts such person from
being eligible to register to vot e.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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