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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 5 By: Hamilton
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the peopl e for their approval or
rejection a proposed amend ment to the Oklahoma
Constitution by adding a new Section 4 to Article
XXIV; limiting state questions on ballot to odd-
numbered years; requiring proposed constitutional
amendments or state questions to receive certain
majority vote; providing ballot title; an d directing
filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shal l refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Const itution by
adding a new Section 4 of Article XXIV to read as follows:
Section 4. An amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution or other
state question may only be on the ballot in odd-numbered years. No
amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution or other state question that
removes a right of the residents of this state shall take effect
statewide unless:
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1. A majority of electors statewide vote in favor of the
proposed amendment or state question; and
2. A majority of electors in two-thirds of all counties in this
state vote in favor of the prop osed amendment or state question.
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 N o. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure would create a new Section 4 of Article 24 of the
Oklahoma Constitution. The measure would allow state questions
on the ballot only in odd -numbered years. It would require a
proposed constitutional amendm ent or state question that removes
a right of residents of this state to receive a majority vote of
electors statewide and a majority vote of electors in t wo-thirds
of the counties to take effect .
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
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hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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