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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1018 By: Townley
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendm ent to Section 2 of
Article V of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; changing the percentage of legal voters
from statewide to each congressional district of the
state for certain petitions; providing bal lot title;
and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 2 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 2. The first power reserved by the people is the
initiative, and eight per centum percent (8%) of the legal voters of
each congressional district of this state shall have the right to
propose any legislative measure, and fifteen per centum twenty
percent (20%) of the legal voters of each congressional district of
this state shall have the right to propose ame ndments to the
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Constitution by petition, and every such petition shall include the
full text of the measure so proposed. The second power is the
referendum, and it may be ordered (except as to laws n ecessary for
the immediate preservation of the public pe ace, health, or safety),
either by petition signed by five per centum percent (5%) of the
legal voters or by the Legislature as other bills are enacted. The
ratio and per centum percent of legal voters herei nbefore stated
shall be based upon the total number of votes cast at the last
general election for the Office of Governor.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends the
section pertaining to initiative and referendum pet itions. The
amendment changes the percentage of legal voters necessary to
propose certain petitions from statewide to each congressional
district of this state.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
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SECTION 3. The Speaker of th e House of Representatives shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
59-1-5511 LRB 12/19/22