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Oklahoma State Question 360, Turnpike Construction Referendum (January 1954)
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 360 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Oklahoma on January 26, 1954. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported approving House Bill 933, which authorized the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to construct and maintain toll turnpikes on specified routes |
A "no" vote opposed approving House Bill 933, which authorized the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to construct and maintain toll turnpikes on specified routes. |
Election results
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171,151 | 56.43% | ||
| No | 132,121 | 43.57% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 360 was as follows:
| “ | Shall House Bill Number 933, Twenty-fourth Oklahoma Legislature, concerning Toll Turnpikes; Amending Chapter 6, Title 69, Oklahoma Statutes 1951, and reenacting part thereof; 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; providing for creation, legal succession, powers and duties of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and removal of members by Governor; relating to turnpike finances, concessions, routes, revenues, bonds payable solely from revenues, property, facilities, condemnation procedure, and rights of affected common carriers and public utilities, 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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