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Oklahoma State Question 360, Turnpike Construction Referendum (January 1954)

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Oklahoma State Question 360

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Election date

January 26, 1954

Topic
Transportation
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Veto referendum
Origin

Citizens



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

Oklahoma State Question 360

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

171,151 56.43%
No 132,121 43.57%
Results are officially certified.
Source


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

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Oklahoma

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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