These Oklahoma election law bills are dead for this session, because they didn’t advance by various deadlines:
1. SB 51 and HB 1919, which would have abolished the straight-ticket device.
2. HB 2338, which would have moved the deadline for candidates to file for the primary from April to January.
3. HB 2525, which would have reduced candidate filing fees.
This happened in West Virginia this year with HB 2169, HB 2456, HB 2753 (all good ones left stuck in committee), and HB 2179 and HB 2692 (two bad ones that got out of committee, but died on floor waiting to be read). The WV session ended on Saturday and they are now in special session exclusively for education bills.
Thanks, Jeff.