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The U.S. Department of Justice dropped its lawsuit against Oklahoma after state election officials agreed to hand over voter data on the condition that citizen privacy is protected.

House Bill 3722, authored by Rep. Denise Crosswhite Hader, R-Piedmont, would make selecting a party affiliation or independent designation a requirement to complete voter registration.

Days after the Oklahoma Secretary of State's office announced the failure of State Question 836, it filed a certification summary with the Oklahoma Supreme Court. That summary helps explain why voters won't see the initiative on a ballot.

Oklahoma's Secretary of State announced on March 6 that a state question to open Oklahoma's primary elections failed to meet signature requirements. But voters may still have a chance to vote on the future of the state's primaries.

In a tense election year, leaders from Oklahoma’s Native nations want more of their citizens to head to the polls in November.

This timely and important book argues that our very idea of citizenship must be revised and expanded; indeed, we as a nation need to rethink our notion of citizenship if American democracy is to survive.

With Election Day arriving one week from today, we look at two very close contests happening here in the Sooner State.

The deadline for Oklahomans to register to vote in the November 8th General Election is just hours away.

Question: How do closed primaries weaken our democracy? Answer: They produce elected officials who are more accountable to their party than their constituents, they restrict participation while also reinforcing division, and they exclude independent voters (who are the largest, fastest-growing sector of the US electorate).

Oklahoma’s Hispanic population increased by 42% since the 2020 census, making it the state’s fastest-growing demographic. Yet 21,000 Spanish-speaking Oklahoma citizens will be required to cast ballots in a language they don’t fully understand next month.