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Oklahoma 55% Vote Requirement for Initiatives Measure (2022)
| Oklahoma 55% Vote Requirement for Initiatives 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 Initiatives 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 an initiated state statute or an initiated constitutional amendment. Initiated amendments that would repeal constitutional provisions, but would not add new provisions or amend existing provisions, and veto referendums 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 1058 during the 2022 legislative session. On March 22, the state Senate voted 74-21, with five 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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