1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3156 By: Roberts
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to elections; prohibiting the use of
7 ranked choice voting; defining terms; providing for
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-112 of Title 26, unless there
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14 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15 A. No election conducted by the State Election Board, a county
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16 election board, or any entity authorized to conduct elections in
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17 Oklahoma shall use ranked choice voting, ranked voting, proportional
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18 ranked voting, preferential voting, or instant runoff voting.
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19 B. As used in this section, "ranked choice voting, ranked
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20 voting, proportional ranked voting, and preferential voting" shall
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21 mean any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a
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22 sequence from first, second, third, and onward on a ballot to
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23 determine a winning candidate.
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 1 C. As used in this section, "instant runoff voting" shall mean
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2 any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a sequence
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3 from first, second, third, and onward to determine which candidates
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4 advance to a general election.
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5 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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7 59-2-8433 LRB 08/30/23
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