Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.
Oklahoma State Question 826, History Education Initiative (2024)
| Oklahoma State Question 826 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
Oklahoma State Question 826, the History Education Initiative, was not on the ballot in Oklahoma as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The ballot measure would have prohibited the Oklahoma State Legislature from passing laws that ban "public schools and publicly funded private charter schools from teaching historical truths," upon the advice and consent of Indian tribes and Nations.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 15 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election. Signatures must be submitted 90 days after the initiative is cleared for circulation by the secretary of state. Measures are generally placed on the next general election ballot following signature verification, but the governor may call a special election or place the measure on the primary ballot. If petitioners are targeting a specific election, the secretary of state recommends that signatures be submitted eight months prior to the election; however, they must be submitted a minimum of 60 days before the election to make the ballot.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 172,993 valid signatures
- Deadline: Each initiative has its own deadline that is 90 days after it was approved to circulate.
The secretary of state verifies signatures and submits the totals and the vote totals that determine the requirement to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which makes the final determination of sufficiency.
Details about this initiative
- Paul Tay filed the proposal on October 26, 2022.[1]
- Signatures were not submitted for the initiative by the deadline.[2]
See also
Footnotes
 |
State of Oklahoma Oklahoma City (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
