Oklahoma HB 1790 was amended on February 7 to move the presidential primary from February 5 to February 2. HB 1790 is authored by John Trebilcock (R-Broken Arrow) but the amendment was the idea of Trebor Worthen (R-Oklahoma City).

Moving the presidential primary by only three days sounds peculiar, but so many other states are expected to vote on February 5, that the Oklahoma legislators seem to feel Oklahoma would be ignored if it had its primary on the same day as so many other states, whereas it would get a great deal of attention if it were on a day with only one other presidential primary (South Carolina’s Republican primary will also be on Feb. 2). Thanks to The Green Papers for this news.