In the face of an unprecedented national health emergency, our legislators pledged that the remainder of this session would focus only on bills that directly impacted the state’s health, safety, and economic security. Placing restrictions on absentee voting achieves none of those objectives. In fact, the new voting requirements — and the eventual return of notarization requirements — is voter suppression.
–OK Policy Executive Director Ahniwake Rose in a statement released after the House voted to impose new restrictions on absentee voting [OK Policy]