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Oklahoma State Question 209, Old Age Pensions Funding Amendment (September 1935)

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Oklahoma State Question 209

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Election date

September 24, 1935

Topic
Public assistance programs and Public employee retirement funds
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Oklahoma State Question 209 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on September 24, 1935. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing pensions funded by special taxes for elderly Oklahoma residents, with residency requirements and payments capped at $15 per person or $20 per family, including federal pensions.

A "no" vote opposed allowing pensions funded by special taxes for elderly Oklahoma residents, with residency requirements and payments capped at $15 per person or $20 per family, including federal pensions.


Election results

Oklahoma State Question 209

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 119,612 44.99%

Defeated No

146,229 55.01%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for State Question 209 was as follows:

"To amend Oklahoma Constitution to authorize Legislature to provide pensions, payable solely from cash raised from special excise or license taxes, for indigent, aged Oklahoma citizens who when pension application is filed will have continuously resided in Oklahoma fifteen years and for future such citizens who when pension application is filed shall have so resided twenty years; pensions not to exceed fifteen dollars monthly to any person or twenty dollars to family; any pension granted by Federal Government considered part of said amounts; defining aged dependent citizens and prescribing certain requirements and restrictions as to payment of pensions."


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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