Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) announced Wednesday that the state has removed about 500,000 ineligible voters from its voter registration rolls.
The state says 453,000 people have been removed from voter rolls since 2021, including 194,962 inactive voters, 143,682 who moved out of state, 97,065 deceased voters, 14,993 double-registered voters and 5,607 felons.
“Only U.S. citizens who reside in Oklahoma may register to vote in our state.”
The update was provided by the governor and state elections officials as part of “an ongoing effort to keep Oklahoma among the best in the nation for election integrity,” according to a recent report. press release He noted that “regular maintenance of voter rolls” is required by law.
“Voting is our most sacred duty as Americans, and every Oklahoman wants to know their vote was cast securely and counted properly,” Stitt said.
“The State Board of Elections and the Secretary of State's Office continue to go above and beyond their responsibility to ensure that only eligible Oklahomans can vote in elections. Their progress gives me confidence that we will continue to lead the nation in our election integrity efforts,” the governor added.
Secretary of State Josh Cockroft said that with the cooperation of the governor's office, the State Board of Elections and lawmakers, “Oklahoma has strengthened our election processes.”
“We are aggressively pursuing policies that ensure voting is secure and accurate, and we continue to innovate to safeguard our elections from emerging technologies like AI. Every eligible voter in Oklahoma will have their vote counted and their voice heard,” Cockroft said.
In a recent post X“You may have heard of 'ballot harvesting' in other states. It doesn't happen in Oklahoma,” Stitt wrote.
“Only U.S. citizens who reside in Oklahoma may register to vote in our state,” he continued, “and Oklahoma law expressly prohibits non-citizens from accessing voter registration services.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) made a similar announcement last month, noting that the state has removed more than 1 million ineligible voters from its rolls since 2021, The Blaze News reported. Governor Abbott attributed the sweep to Senate Bill 1, which standardized voting hours across Texas and banned unsolicited applications for drive-thru and mail-in ballots.
Governor Abbott called SB1 “the strongest election law in the nation to protect the right to vote and crack down on illegal voting.”
“These reforms have resulted in more than one million ineligible voters being removed from the voter rolls over the past three years, including foreign nationals, deceased voters and people who have emigrated to other states,” Abbott said.
According to the Governor's Office, of the 1 million people who were removed from the voter rolls, more than 6,500 were foreign nationals. In addition, 1,930 of them had previously voted in elections. The cases of foreign nationals voting have been sent to the Attorney General's Office for investigation.
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