2024 Oklahoma State Question 834
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November 5, 2024
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2024 Oklahoma State Question 834 was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Oklahoma to provide that only citizens of the United States are eligible to vote. The amendment, which coincided with the 2024 Oklahoma elections, was approved with 80.73% of the vote and the support of all 77 counties in Oklahoma.
Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 23 placed the measure on the ballot. On May 30, 2024, the Oklahoma Senate passed the resolution in a 37 to 7 vote, and the Oklahoma House of Representatives approved it the same day in a 71 to 11 vote.[1]
Contents
The following question and information was shown to voters:[2]
STATE QUESTION NO. 834
LEGISLATIVE REFERENDUM NO. 377
This measure amends Section 1 of Article 3 of the Oklahoma Constitution. It clarifies that only citizens of the United States are qualified to vote in this state.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
[] FOR THE PROPOSAL - YES
[] AGAINST THE PROPOSAL - NO
Viewpoints
Legislators
State Senator Micheal Bergstrom believed the amendment would "[safeguard]" the intent of the constitutional language for the future to avoid confusion since the term 'all' is not exclusionary." He "want[ed] to make the original intent of the constitution perfectly clear."[3]
State Senator Michael Brooks thought that "as much as some of these political stunts are there to heighten the rancor and the rhetoric, a lot of it is intended to intimidate people who are living here and living by the rules." He believed it was "a way to diffuse misinformation to a community who are welcoming and trying to make a life here."[3]