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Oklahoma State Question 123, Soldiers' State Aid Amendment (October 1923)
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| Topic Veterans policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Oklahoma State Question 123 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on October 2, 1923. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported adding Article 26 to provide aid to honorably discharged World War I soldiers from Oklahoma, authorizing $50 million in bonds funded by a tax levy, and creating a Soldiers' State Aid Commission. |
A "no" vote opposed adding Article 26 to provide aid to honorably discharged World War I soldiers from Oklahoma, authorizing $50 million in bonds funded by a tax levy, and creating a Soldiers' State Aid Commission. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 123 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 120,219 | 45.83% | ||
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142,082 | 54.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 123 was as follows:
| “ | "A Constitutional amendment designated as Article 26, providing for industrial rehabilitation, equalized compensation, farm or home aid to soldiers who served honorably from Oklahoma in the World War, prescribing qualifications of beneficiaries, fixing amount of such loan or compensation at fifty million dollars, appropriating same, creating and defining the powers and duties of a 'Soldiers' State Aid Commission,' authorizing the issuance and prescribing the character and amount of bonds issued, creating a special fund, providing for the issuance, sale and the payment of principal and interest of said bonds by tax levy." | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oklahoma Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oklahoma State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Oklahoma State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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