Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-15-103
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Petition - Form - Signatures - Time for filing
Official statutory text
A. The form of the petition for either initiative or referendum
in a municipality shall be substantially as provided in Sections 1
and 2 of Title 34 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A true copy of each
measure proposed by initiative and referendum shall be filed with
the clerk of the municipality before it is circulated and signed by
the registered voters.
B. Every petition for either the initiative or referendum shall
be signed by a number of the registered voters residing in the
municipality equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the
total number of votes cast at the most recent preceding general
municipal election or biennial town meeting if the municipality is
subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act. The signatures to each
petition shall be verified in the manner provided by law.
C. Signed copies of an initiative petition shall be submitted
to the clerk within ninety (90) days after the initial filing of the
measure with the clerk. Signed copies of a petition invoking a
referendum upon any ordinance or resolution shall be submitted to
the clerk within sixty (60) days after the passage of the ordinance
or resolution. Amendments to municipal charters may be proposed by
an initiative petition, and signed copies of such petition shall be
submitted to the clerk not less than sixty (60) days before the
election at which the amendments are to be voted upon.
D. For the purposes of this section, "total number of votes
cast" shall mean the sum of the votes cast for all candidates in the
race for the highest-ranking at-large municipal office appearing on
a ballot. If no such office appeared on a ballot, then "total
number of votes cast" shall be determined by using the sum of votes
cast for or against the municipal question or proposition receiving
the largest total number of votes on a ballot, provided that all
voters registered and residing within the municipal limits were
eligible to vote on such question or proposition.
in a municipality shall be substantially as provided in Sections 1
and 2 of Title 34 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A true copy of each
measure proposed by initiative and referendum shall be filed with
the clerk of the municipality before it is circulated and signed by
the registered voters.
B. Every petition for either the initiative or referendum shall
be signed by a number of the registered voters residing in the
municipality equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the
total number of votes cast at the most recent preceding general
municipal election or biennial town meeting if the municipality is
subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act. The signatures to each
petition shall be verified in the manner provided by law.
C. Signed copies of an initiative petition shall be submitted
to the clerk within ninety (90) days after the initial filing of the
measure with the clerk. Signed copies of a petition invoking a
referendum upon any ordinance or resolution shall be submitted to
the clerk within sixty (60) days after the passage of the ordinance
or resolution. Amendments to municipal charters may be proposed by
an initiative petition, and signed copies of such petition shall be
submitted to the clerk not less than sixty (60) days before the
election at which the amendments are to be voted upon.
D. For the purposes of this section, "total number of votes
cast" shall mean the sum of the votes cast for all candidates in the
race for the highest-ranking at-large municipal office appearing on
a ballot. If no such office appeared on a ballot, then "total
number of votes cast" shall be determined by using the sum of votes
cast for or against the municipal question or proposition receiving
the largest total number of votes on a ballot, provided that all
voters registered and residing within the municipal limits were
eligible to vote on such question or proposition.
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