Oklahoma State Question 359, Turnpike Operation Referendum (January 1954)
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 359 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Oklahoma on January 26, 1954. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending provisions relating to toll turnpikes and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, including corrections to typographical errors, specifications for routes, wages, and contracts, and reimbursement to the State Highway Commission for engineering services from turnpike bond funds. |
A "no" vote opposed amending provisions relating to toll turnpikes and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, including corrections to typographical errors, specifications for routes, wages, and contracts, and reimbursement to the State Highway Commission for engineering services from turnpike bond funds. |
Election results
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174,236 | 56.59% | ||
| No | 133,650 | 43.41% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 359 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Senate Bill Number 454, Twenty-fourth Oklahoma Legislature relating to Toll Turnpikes and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority; amending Chapter 6, Title 69, Oklahoma Statutes 1951, as amended by House Bill Number 933, Twenty-fourth Oklahoma Legislature; relating to construction, operation and maintenance of Oklahoma portions of toll turnpikes from Tulsa to Joplin, Missouri, Oklahoma City to Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City to Wichita Falls, Texas; correcting typographical errors; relating to turnpike routes, wages and contracts; requiring repayment to State Highway Commission from turnpike bonds for cost of engineering services furnished not exceeding $1,500.00 per turnpike miles, be approved by the people? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Oklahoma, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum was equal to 5% 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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