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Oklahoma State Question 17, Education Qualifications to Vote Initiative (August 1910)
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| Topic Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 17 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on August 2, 1910. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring Oklahoma voters to read and write a section of the state constitution unless exempt due to voting eligibility as of January 1, 1866, or as their descendants. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring Oklahoma voters to read and write a section of the state constitution unless exempt due to voting eligibility as of January 1, 1866, or as their descendants. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 17 |
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135,443 | 56.05% | ||
| No | 106,222 | 43.95% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 17 was as follows:
| “ | That no person shall be registered as an elector in this State, be allowed to vote in any election held herein, unless he be able to read and write any section of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; but no person who was, on January 1, 1866, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote, under any form of Government, or who at that time resided in some foreign nation, and no lineal descendent of such person, shall be denied the right to register and vote because of his inability to so read and write sections of the Constitution. Precinct election inspectors having in charge the registration of electors shall enforce the provisions of this section at the time of registration, provided registration be required. Should registration be dispensed with, the provisions of this section shall be enforced by the precinct election officers when the electors apply for ballots to vote. | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Oklahoma, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment was equal to 15% of the votes cast in the last general election. In 2010, voters approved State Question 750, which changed the signature requirement to be based on the preceding gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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