Committee approves absentee voting bill

OKLAHOMA CITY – A legislative panel endorsed a measure that would add a day to in-person absentee voting prior to a Presidential election, and turned thumbs down on eliminating straight-party voting.

Bill to open elections spurned by committee

OKLAHOMA CITY – A proposal to allow voters of all political persuasions to decide which nominee should be elected to a public office when candidates from only one political party file for that office was rejected Tuesday on a party-line vote. House Bill 1844 by state Rep.