Oklahoma State Question 457, Petition Requirements for Grand Juries Amendment (August 1968)
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| Topic Civil trials and Election administration and governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 457 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on August 27, 1968. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the State Constitution to allow qualified electors instead of resident taxpayers to sign petitions for calling grand juries, require signatures from 1% of a county's population to call a grand jury, and mandate that second and subsequent petitions in a calendar year require double the number of signatures as the first petition. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the State Constitution to allow qualified electors instead of resident taxpayers to sign petitions for calling grand juries, require signatures from 1% of a county's population to call a grand jury, and mandate that second and subsequent petitions in a calendar year require double the number of signatures as the first petition. |
Election results
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199,406 | 53.77% | ||
| No | 171,412 | 46.23% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 457 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a Constitutional Amendment amending Article 2, Section 18, of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma which would make qualified electors instead of resident taxpayers eligible to sign petitions for calling of grand juries; providing that the signatures of one percent (1%) of the population of a county shall be sufficient to call a grand jury, with a minimum requirement of two hundred (200) signatures and a maximum requirement of five hundred (500) signatures; and providing that second and subsequent petitions in any one calendar year shall require twice the number of signatures as the first petition filed in any calendar year 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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