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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE JOINT
33	33	RESOLUTION 1019 By: Roberts
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40	40	AS INTRODUCED
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42	42	A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
43	43	to refer to the people for their approval or
44	44	rejection a proposed amend ment to the Constitution of
45	45	the State of Oklahoma by adding a new Section 6 to
46	46	Article III; imposing requirements with respect to
47	47	elections; requiring general election races to have
48	48	certain characteristics; authorizing enabling
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56	56	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
57	57	1ST SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
58	58	SECTION 1. A new section of law not to be codified in the
59	59	Oklahoma Statutes or in the Constitutio n reads as follows:
60	60	This initiative shall be known and may be cited as the "Ensure
61	61	each general election race for federal, state, county, and municipal
62	62	officers has representation from every recognized political party
63	63	that had a candidate file for the race (EQUAL REPRESENTATION)
64	64	Initiative."
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91	91	SECTION 2. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
92	92	their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
93	93	the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
94	94	Oklahoma by adding a new Section 6 to Article III thereof, to read
95	95	as follows:
96	96	A. In all elections for federal, state, county, and municipal
97	97	officers, the following shall be required:
98	98	1. Each political party recognized by the laws of this state
99	99	shall have the opportunity to nominate a candidate for the General
100	100	Election for federal, state, county, and municipal officers in the
101	101	manner provided by law. The candidate must have filed during the
102	102	timeframe designated by Oklahoma law and become the political
103	103	party’s nominee by wi nning the party’s primary outright or by
104	104	winning the party’s runoff in the manner provided by law.
105	105	2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the
106	106	authority of the Legislature to enact a mandatory primary system as
107	107	provided in Section 3 of Arti cle III of this Constitution.
108	108	B. 1. This section shall remain in effect unless and until it
109	109	is repealed by a vote of the people by initiative or referendum as
110	110	provided in this Constitution .
111	111	2. An initiative or referendum to repeal this section shall
112	112	contain no subject other than the repeal of this section.
113	113	C. The Legislature shall have the authority to implement this
114	114	section with appropriate legislation. The implementation shall be
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141	141	completed in the first legislative session following passage of the
142	142	Constitutional amendment.
143	143	SECTION 3. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
144	144	amendment as set forth in SECTION 2 of this resolution shall be in
145	145	the following form:
146	146	BALLOT TITLE
147	147	Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
148	148	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
149	149	This measure would amend the Oklahoma Constitution. It would
150	150	add a new Section 6 to Article 3. If the measure passes,
151	151	elections for federal, state, county, and municipal officers
152	152	would have to be conducted in a specific manner. Each general
153	153	election race shall include a candidate from every political
154	154	party recognized under Oklahoma law and had a candidate run for
155	155	the race. The candidate must have filed during the timeframe
156	156	designated by Oklahoma law and become the political pa rty’s
157	157	nominee by winning the party’s primary outright or by winning
158	158	the party’s runoff in the manner provided by law. Nothing about
159	159	this measure would amend , modify, or limit the ability of the
160	160	Legislature to provide for a system of primary elections. Th e
161	161	provisions of this section would remain the law unless pursuant
162	162	to an amendment to the C onstitution by means of an initiative
163	163	petition or a measure referred to a vote of the people by the
164	164	Legislature. An initiative petition or a referendum measure
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191	191	could only contain a provision to repeal this section and could
192	192	not contain an amendment to this section. The Legislature would
193	193	have the ability to enact laws in order to implement the
194	194	provisions of this section.
195	195	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
196	196	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
197	197	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
198	198	SECTION 4. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
199	199	immediately after the passage of this act, shall prepare and file
200	200	one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 3
201	201	hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
202	202	General.
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