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Oklahoma Citizen Requirement for Voting Amendment (2022)
| Oklahoma Citizen Requirement for Voting Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Suffrage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Oklahoma Citizen Requirement for Voting Amendment (SJR 27) was not on the ballot in Oklahoma as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
This amendment would have amended the Oklahoma Constitution to state that “only a citizen” (rather than "every citizen" of the U.S. who is 18 years old or older can vote in Oklahoma.[1]
Text of measure
The full text of the measure is available here.
Background
Citizen requirement for voting ballot measures
In 2018 and 2020, constitutional amendments to state that only a citizen (rather than every citizen) may vote were approved in four states.
| Citizen requirement for voting ballot measures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Status | |
| Florida Amendment 1, Citizen Requirement for Voting Initiative | 2020 |  Approved
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| Alabama Citizen Requirement for Voting Amendment | 2020 | Approved
| |
| Colorado Citizen Requirement for Voting Initiative | 2020 | Approved
| |
| North Dakota Measure 2, Citizen Requirement for Voting Amendment Initiative | 2018 | Approved
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oklahoma Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
2022 legislative session
This amendment was introduced as Senate Joint Resolution 27 on February 7, 2022. On March 23, 2022, the Senate passed the measure in a vote of 37-7 with four members excused. Of the nine Democratic Senators, seven voted against, one voted in favor, and one was absent. Of the 39 Republican Senators, 36 voted in favor, three were absent, and none voted against.[1] The measure was not passed in the opposite chamber before the legislature adjourned the 2022 legislative session on May 27, 2022.[2]
| Vote in the Oklahoma State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber | |||
| Number of yes votes required: 25 | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 37 | 7 | 4 |
| Total percent | 77.08% | 14.58% | 8.33% |
| Democrat | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Republican | 36 | 0 | 3 |
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