Bill seeking to disqualify potential Oklahoma voters who don't select party affiliation fails
OKLAHOMA CITY — A measure that would have barred Oklahomans from being registered to vote if they don’t select a party affiliation did not make it to the governor’s desk.
While House Bill 3722 passed off the House floor along party lines, it was never heard in the Senate. The measure would have made selecting a party affiliation or independent designation a requirement when registering to vote. Voters who failed to make a selection would have been ineligible to vote.
Because the bill failed, Oklahomans who do not select any party affiliation will continue to be designated as independents as required by existing state law.
Rep. Denise Crosswhite Hader, R-Piedmont, who authored the measure, had argued that she didn’t believe the thousands of voters who failed to choose a partisan affiliation intended to be registered as independents, and the state shouldn’t “assume” intent.
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