1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE JOINT
3 RESOLUTION 19 By: Standridge
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
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8 rejection a proposed amendment to Section 4 of
8 Article III of the Oklahoma Constitution; allowing
9 absentee voting only for specified reasons; providing
9 ballot title; making language gender neutral; and
10 directing filing.
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12 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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13 1ST SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
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14 SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
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15 their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
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16 the following proposed amendment to Section 4 of Article III of the
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17 Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
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18 Section 4. A. The Legislature shall prescribe the time and
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19 manner of holding and conducting all elections, and enact such laws
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20 as may be necessary to detect and punish fraud in such elections.
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21 The Legislature may provide by law for the registration of electors
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22 throughout the state and, when it is so provided, no person shall
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23 vote at any election unless he or she shall have registered
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24 according to law.
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 1 B. The Legislature shall prescribe the time and manner at which
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2 a qualified elector may request and submit an absentee ballot and
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3 have the ballot counted in the precinct in which he or she is
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4 properly registered, if on the occurrence of any election, the
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5 elector will be absent from his or her residence or otherwise unable
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6 to vote at the proper polling place because of:
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7 1. An occupation or business of the elector that requires him
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8 or her to be elsewhere;
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9 2. Illness or physical disability of the elector;
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10 3. The observance of a religious holiday by the elector; or
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11 4. Election day duties if the elector is a county employee.
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12 SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
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13 amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
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14 the following form:
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15 BALLOT TITLE
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16 Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
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17 THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
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18 This measure will amend Section 4 of Article 3 of the Oklahoma
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19 Constitution. The measure will allow absentee voting for
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20 qualified electors only for specific reasons.
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21 SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
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22 FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
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23 AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
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 1 SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
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2 immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
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3 one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
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4 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
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