Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them
The mosquito-borne disease malaria kills over 600,000 people annually. Since World War II, people have battled malaria with insecticides.
A measure seeking to enshrine into the state Constitution a requirement that voters provide identification at the polls is a political stunt, critics said.
But supporters of Senate Joint Resolution 47, which easily passed through the Senate Thursday, said it’s necessary to add the nearly 16-year-old law into the state Constitution to ensure the continued integrity of Oklahoma’s election system in future years.