SB 602 Summary

• Enacts the "Let the Troops Vote Act" to align Oklahoma election dates and procedures with the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act of 2009

• Moves the primary election date from the last Tuesday in July to the last Tuesday in June, and shifts the Presidential Preferential Primary from February to March

• Modifies political party formation deadlines, candidate filing periods, and special election windows to occur earlier in election years (moving key dates from June to April/March)

• Requires absentee ballot transmission to military and overseas voters at least 45 days before elections involving state or federal offices, with emergency provisions for applications received closer to election day

• Repeals the 2003 absentee ballot return fund provision and adjusts filing deadlines for municipal elections held on dates with state or federal elections