Oklahoma Bill Would Cut Filing Fees for Persons with Low Income

Oklahoma Senator Lonnie Paxton (R-Tuttle) has introduced SB 1038. It says that if a candidate has family income below the federal poverty level, he or she may get on the ballot with a filing fee that is one-fourth of the normal amount of the filing fee. Alternatively such a candidate can get on the ballot with a petition of one-half of 1% of the registered voters in that jurisdiction. Thanks to E. Zachary Knight for the link.


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Oklahoma Bill Would Cut Filing Fees for Persons with Low Income — 3 Comments

  1. A discount coupon to access the ballot is discriminatory. Abolish all ballot access quotas and use an all write-in ballot format like the Federal Absentee Write-in Ballot (form 186).
    Taxation is theft and ballot access is censorship.

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