Title 34, Initiative and Referendum

A. The referendum petition shall be substantially as follows: PETITION FOR REFERENDUM To the Honorable ____________, Governor of Oklahoma (or To the Honorable ____________, Mayor, Chairman of County Commissioners, or other chief executive officer, as the case may be, of the city,…

A. Any person who is dissatisfied with the wording of a ballot title may, within ten (10) business days after the same is published by the Secretary of State as provided for in subsection I of Section 8 of this title, appeal to the Supreme Court by petition in which shall be offe…

Notice of the appeal provided for in the preceding section shall be served upon the Attorney General and upon the party who filed such ballot title, or on any of such parties, at least five (5) business days before such appeal is heard by the court. The Attorney General shall, an…

When an initiative or referendum petition has been properly filed with sufficient signatures thereon, as provided in this title, and all objections or protests have been resolved or the period for filing such has expired, the Secretary of State shall, in writing, notify the Gover…

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, not less than five (5) business days before any election held throughout the state at which any proposed law, part of an act, or amendment to the constitution is to be submitted to the people of the state for their approval or rejec…

In the event any official of this state shall fail or neglect to prepare or have published the argument and other matter as provided by law, or to perform any other duty required in connection therewith, any elector may petition the district court, without cost to him, where any …

The failure to prepare and have published the argument and other matter as provided by law shall not invalidate the election held on any initiative or referendum or Constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature, and no election on any such measure shall be declared or held…

A. The form of initiative petition shall be substantially as follows: INITIATIVE PETITION To the Honorable ______________, Governor of Oklahoma (or To the Honorable ______________, Mayor, Chairman of County Commissioners, or other chief executive officers, as the case may be, for…

The Secretary of State may promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this title. Added by Laws 2020, c. 125, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.

Where there are competing measures and neither receives a majority of the votes cast for and against the one receiving the greatest number of votes shall, if it has received more than one- third (1/3) of the votes cast for and against both bills, be submitted by itself at the nex…

Whenever any measure or proposition is submitted to a vote by the initiative or referendum, it shall be the duty of the precinct election board of the precinct to make and transmit to the county election board the returns thereof in the same manner that they make their returns in…

Every person who is a qualified elector of the State of Oklahoma may sign a petition for the referendum or for the initiative for any measure upon which he is legally entitled to vote. Any person signing any name other than his own to any petition, or knowingly signing his name m…

The procedure herein prescribed is not mandatory, but if substantially followed will be sufficient. If the end aimed at can be attained and procedure shall be sustained, clerical and mere technical errors shall be disregarded. R.L.1910, § 3393.

Whenever any measure shall be initiated by the people in the manner provided by law, or whenever the referendum shall be demanded against any measure passed by the Legislature, same shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular election; pro…

The Secretary of State may prepare and distribute information to the public on the initiative and referendum process. The information shall include, but not be limited to relevant statutes and constitutional provisions related to the initiative and referendum process. The informa…

The provisions of this act shall be severable and if any section, subsection, sentence, or clause of this act is for any reason held to be invalid such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. Added by Laws 2025, c. 275, § 5, emerg. eff. May 23, 20…

A. Each initiative petition and each referendum petition shall be duplicated for the securing of signatures. The Secretary of State shall design a form, subject to change, for signatures that shall be used by proponents of initiatives or referendums when collecting signatures, an…

Registered voters signing an initiative or referendum petition who are certified by the Office of the Attorney General as participants in the Address Confidentiality Program established by Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes may use the address given to the registe…

When any such signed initiative or referendum petition pamphlets shall be offered for filing, the Secretary of State, in the presence of the person offering the same for filing, shall detach the sheets containing the signatures and affidavits and cause them all to be attached to …

A. If any measure shall, at the ensuing election, be approved by the people, then the copies so preserved, with the sheets of signatures and affidavits, and a certified copy of the Governor's proclamation declaring the same to have been approved by the people, shall be bound toge…

Any person who circulates a sheet of the petition shall be a registered voter of this state and shall verify the signatures included on any signature sheets he or she circulates by executing his or her affidavit thereon and as a part thereof. The Secretary of State shall cause to…

A. The Secretary of State shall make or cause to be made a verification and count of the number of signatures on the petitions. In making such count, the Secretary of State shall not include in such total count: 1. All signatures on any sheet of any petition which is not verified…

Each order for a direct ballot by the voters that is filed with the Secretary of State by initiative petition, referendum petition, and by the Legislature shall be numbered consecutively, each in a series by itself, beginning with one, to be continued year after year, without dup…

See the following versions: OS 34-8v1 (SB 518, Laws 2024, c. 119, § 3) OS 34-8v2 (SB 1027, Laws 2025, c. 275, § 3) §34-8v1. Filing copy of proposed petition and ballot title - Publication - Protest - Hearing and determination – Deadlines. A. When a citizen or citizens desire to c…

A. When a citizen or citizens desire to circulate a petition initiating a proposition of any nature, whether to become a statute law or an amendment to the Constitution, or for the purpose of invoking a referendum upon legislative enactments, such citizen or citizens shall, when …

A. When a citizen or citizens desire to circulate a petition initiating a proposition of any nature, whether to become a statute law or an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution, or for the purpose of invoking a referendum upon legislative enactments, such citizen or citizens sha…

A. When a referendum is ordered by petition of the people against any measure passed by the Legislature or when any measure is proposed by initiative petition, whether as an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution or as a statute, it shall be the duty of the parties submitting the…