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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 834 By: Bullard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to elections; defining terms;
7 prohibiting the use of open primaries; declaring
8 certain ordinances and elections void; authorizing
8 Secretary of the State Election Board to bring civil
9 action for certain relief; providing for
9 codification; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-113 of Title 26, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. As used in this section, "open primary" or "jungle primary"
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17 shall mean any voting system whereby a voter may vote for a
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18 candidate in a primary election without regard to the voter's party
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19 affiliation, and all candidates for public office who qualify for a
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20 primary may be voted on without regard to the candidate's party
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21 affiliation.
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22 B. No election conducted by the State Election Board, a county
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23 election board, or any municipality authorized to conduct elections
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24 in this state shall use an open primary or jungle primary.
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1 C. Any existing or future ordinance enacted or adopted by a
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2 county, municipality, or any other local government entity which is
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3 in conflict with this section shall be deemed void. Any election
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4 for any public office in this state conducted under a voting system
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5 prohibited by this section shall be deemed void.
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6 D. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall have the
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7 authority to bring a civil action in a court of competent
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8 jurisdiction for such declaratory or injunctive relief as is
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9 necessary to carry out this section.
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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