During oral arguments held Tuesday, attorneys for the Oklahoma Republican Party argued to the Oklahoma Supreme Court that a proposed initiative petition is unconstitutional because it forces political parties to support candidates they may not normally support. In contrast, the petition’s proponents told justices there is precedent to do just that based on past rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court.

State Question 836, also referred to as Initiative Petition 448, would end Oklahoma’s closed primary system and replace it with open primaries where “all candidates for a covered office would appear on the same primary ballot without regard to party affiliation, and any qualified voter could vote for any candidate without regard to party affiliation.”

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