2024 Oklahoma State Question 834

2024 Oklahoma State Question 834, also known as the Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment,^[1] was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Oklahoma to provide that only citizens of the United States are eligible to vote. The amendment, which coincided with the 2024 Oklahoma elections, was approved with 80.73% of the vote and the support of all 77 counties in Oklahoma.

Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 23 placed the measure on the ballot. On May 30, 2024, the Oklahoma Senate passed the resolution in a 37 to 7 vote, and the Oklahoma House of Representatives approved it the same day in a 71 to 11 vote.^[2]

The following question and information was shown to voters:^[3]

STATE QUESTION NO. 834

LEGISLATIVE REFERENDUM NO. 377

This measure amends Section 1 of Article 3 of the Oklahoma Constitution. It clarifies that only citizens of the United States are qualified to vote in this state.

SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?

[] FOR THE PROPOSAL - YES

[] AGAINST THE PROPOSAL - NO

State Senator Micheal Bergstrom: “What we are doing is safeguarding the intent of the constitutional language for the future to avoid confusion since the term ‘all’ is not exclusionary. We want to make the original intent of the constitution perfectly clear."^[4]

State Senator Michael Brooks: “I think as much as some of these political stunts are there to heighten the rancor and the rhetoric, a lot of it is intended to intimidate people who are living here and living by the rules. It’s a way to diffuse misinformation to a community who are welcoming and trying to make a life here.”^[4]

• Voting rights in the United States
• Non-citizen suffrage in the United States