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Oklahoma 55% Vote Requirement for Constitutional Amendments Measure (2022)

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Oklahoma 55% Vote Requirement for Constitutional Amendments Measure
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Direct democracy measures
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Oklahoma 55% Vote Requirement for Constitutional Amendments Measure was not on the ballot in Oklahoma as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The ballot measure would have required a 55% vote for voters to approve a legislative constitutional amendment. Amendments that repeal constitutional provisions, but do not add new provisions or amend existing provisions, would have continued to require a simple majority vote.[1]

Text of measure

The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Oklahoma Constitution

In Oklahoma, a constitutional amendment requires a simple majority vote in both chambers of the Oklahoma State Legislature.

The constitutional amendment was introduced as Senate Joint Resolution 1059 during the 2022 legislative session. On March 22, the state Senate voted 72-19, with nine members excused, to pass the proposal.[1]

The measure was not passed in the opposite chamber before the legislature adjourned the 2022 legislative session on May 27, 2022.[2]

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