On March 8, the Oklahoma Senate unanimously passed SB 1016. It alters the voter registration form. Currently the form lists the qualified parties, with a checkbox for each. There is also a blank line for someone to register into a party not named on the form.

The bill would remove the names of the qualified parties from the form. Instead there would just be a blank line for anyone to write in any political party. The purpose of the bill seems to be to save money. Under the current law, every time a new party qualifies, or every time and old parties ceases to be qualified, the forms must be reprinted.