Oklahoma House of Representatives approves election security bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a legislation to empower district attorneys to investigate potential election fraud on Tuesday.
House Bill (HB) 2974, authored by Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, requires the State Election Board to perform an annual query to determine how many people are registered at the same home address. If more than 10 people in the household are registered voters, the State Election Board must provide a list to the secretary of the county election board, who will then notify the county's district attorney to investigate any potential criminal violations.
"This is what Oklahomans all over the state are asking for - they're wanting more election integrity," Olsen said. "And again, we could respond and recognize, 'well, we're doing great already.' And I would agree, we're doing great already, but we want to do better yet. I'd like to be number one in the country for election integrity."
The query would have to be performed by June 1 each year, and would exempt voters registered at nursing homes, veterans centers, medical facilities and multi-unit housing, as well as uniformed or overseas voters.
HB 2974 passed the House floor with a vote of 66-23.
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