Oklahoma State Question 387, Alcoholic Beverages County Option Amendment (April 1959)
| Oklahoma State Question 387 | |
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| Topic Alcohol laws and County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 387 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on April 7, 1959. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported providing for county option on alcoholic beverages and allowing counties to hold elections on legalizing alcohol manufacture, sale, and distribution. |
A "no" vote opposed providing for county option on alcoholic beverages and allowing counties to hold elections on legalizing alcohol manufacture, sale, and distribution. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 387 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 221,404 | 32.05% | ||
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469,503 | 67.95% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 387 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a Constitutional amendment adding a new Article XXVIII to the Oklahoma Constitution providing COUNTY OPTION upon alcoholic beverages, defining terms and providing: for elections in counties upon the proposition of whether the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages shall be legal therein; limitations on the frequency of such elections; that with certain exceptions existing prohibitory statutes concerning alcoholic beverages shall be in effect in dry counties; penalties; that said Article shall be self executing and fully operative on the date Article XXVIII, Oklahoma Constitution, proposed by the Twenty-seventh Oklahoma Legislature, is approved, be approved by the people? | ” |
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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