Oklahoma Voter Identification Amendment (2022)
| Oklahoma Voter Identification Amendment | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Suffrage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Oklahoma Voter Identification Amendment (SJR 48) was not on the ballot in Oklahoma as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
This amendment would have required a valid identification to vote.[1]
Text of measure
The full text of the measure is available here.
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 48 on February 7, 2022. On March 22, 2022, the Senate passed the measure in a vote of 41-7. Of the nine Democratic Senators, seven voted against and two voted in favor. All 39 Republican Senators voted in favor.[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 | 41 | 7 | 0 |
| Total percent | 85.41% | 14.58% | 0.00% |
| Democrat | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Republican | 39 | 0 | 0 |
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