Indivisible Stillwater Oklahoma

House Election and Ethics Committee
Jim Olsen 405-557-7315
Denise Crosswhite Hader 405-557-7321
Mickey Dollens 405-557-7371
Molly Jenkins 405-557-7304 (bill author)
Clay Staires 405-557-7390
Danny Williams 405-557-7372

Please call your Representative and express your concerns about HB 1515. Then call the members of the House Election and Ethics Committee. Ask why they would consider restricting absentee voting. Point out that absentee voting is a secure and convenient way to exercise your right to vote.

Currently, any registered voter in Oklahoma may vote by absentee ballot and may apply for absentee ballots for the entire calendar year.

I have not seen any reports

It is an effort to make school boards more partisan. The best arguments to fight it pertain to it's cost and the confusion it will cause at the polls.

Direct Democracy Team Bill Tracking, 60th Legislature

Learn more, including contact information for the committee members. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

It will increase in costs to administer statewide elections because some precincts would contain 2 or more different school board ballots. These precincts would run a higher risk of errors in ballot issuance to voters and would increase the time needed to vote.

HB 1151 will be heard in committee on Feb 10. It would move school board elections to the same dates as general and primary elections. It would make school boards more partisan.

@support.bsky.team, is there a way to mark notifications as read? Or maybe delete them after they have been read? Thanks

Direct Democracy Team Bill Tracking, 60th Legislature

Oklahoma SJR 9 would result in a state question to amend the Constitution to repeal the Judicial Nominating Commission and allow the Governor to nominate new appellate justices and judges, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Learn more here, docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Direct Democracy Team Bill Tracking, 60th Legislature

Learn more here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The measure does not change the vote required to pass a state question initiated by the legislature, unless it is a constitutional amendment. Citizen-initiated state questions should not have a higher vote requirement to pass than those initiated by the legislature.

SJR 5 will result in a state question to amend the Constitution to increase the vote required to pass a state question initiated by the people, or a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature from a simple majority to a 60% vote. #okleg

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Direct Democracy Team Bill Tracking, 60th Legislature

Forty-seven states offer early voting. Oklahoma allows the fewest days of any of those states, ranging from only two days for municipal elections, to three and a half days for general elections. SB 273 would change that. Follow SB 273 and other bills here, docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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An important New Year resolution for Oklahomans:
Request your absentee ballots for 2025.
You do not have to use it, you may still vote early or in person.
Learn more at this link and please share the document with other Oklahomans.
drive.google.com/file/d/1ewHF...

Direct Democracy Team Bill Tracking, 60th Legislature

Oklahoma SB 1861 would change signature counting requirements on initiative petitions so that no more 5% of the total number of signatures required can come from one county. This would violate the Oklahoma Constitution. See more details on this spreadsheet, docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Direct Democracy Team Bill Tracking, 60th Legislature

Oklahoma SB 129 would extend the period available for early (in-person absentee) voting to the fourteen calendar days. Oklahoma currently has the shortest early voting period of the 47 states that allow early voting. Visit our bill tracking spreadsheet to learn more. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Direct Democracy Team Bill Tracking, 60th Legislature

The Oklahoma Direct Democracy Team bill tracking spreadsheet is back online. Use it to track Oklahoma bills pertaining to voting, elections, and direct democracy. The link is public. Feel free to share it.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Link to a Google doc?