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Oklahoma County Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment (2022)
| County Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment | |
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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 County Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment was not on the ballot in Oklahoma as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have changed the signature requirement for initiatives in Oklahoma from a percentage of voters statewide (8% for statutory initiatives, 15% for constitutional amendments, and 5% for veto referendums) to the same percentage of voters in each county.[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 House Joint Resolution 1002 during the 2022 legislative session. On March 22, the state House voted 73-21, with six 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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