Okla. Stat. tit. 34, § 34-1
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Referendum petition - Form - Time for filing
Official statutory text
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,
county or other municipal corporation of ____________):
We, the undersigned legal voters of the State of Oklahoma (or
district of __________, county of ____________, or city of
____________, as the case may be), respectfully order that Senate
(or House) Bill No. __________ (or ordinance No. ____________),
entitled (title of Act, and if the petition is against less than the
whole Act, then set forth here the part or parts on which the
referendum is sought), passed by the ____________ Legislature of the
State of Oklahoma, at the regular (or special) session of said
legislature, shall be referred to the people of the State (district
of ____________, county of ____________, or city of ____________, as
the case may be) for their approval or rejection at the regular (or
special) election to be held on the ________ day of ____________,
20__, and each for himself says: I have personally signed this
petition; I am a legal voter of the State of Oklahoma (and district
of __________, county of ____________, or city of ____________, as
the case may be); the following five data points shall be included
on the form: the voter’s legal first name, legal last name, zip
code, house number and numerical month and day of my birth.
Referendum petitions shall be filed with the Secretary of State
not more than ninety (90) days after the final adjournment of the
session of the legislature which passed the bill on which the
referendum is demanded. (For county, city or other municipality the
length of time shall be thirty (30) days.)
The question we herewith submit to our fellow voters is: Shall
the following bill of the legislature (or ordinance or resolution--
local legislation) be approved? (Insert here an exact copy of the
text of the measure followed by proponents of record (not to exceed
three signatures, complete printed name and address associated with
his or her Oklahoma voter registration record).)
B. In order for the signature to be approved by the Secretary
of State, four or more data points described in subsection A of this
section must be matched to the voter registration file.
R.L. 1910, § 3368. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 263, § 1, emerg. eff.
May 17, 1961; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1994,
c. 147, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1994; Laws 2015, c. 193, § 1, emerg.
eff. April 28, 2015; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws
2024, c. 119, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 2024.
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,
county or other municipal corporation of ____________):
We, the undersigned legal voters of the State of Oklahoma (or
district of __________, county of ____________, or city of
____________, as the case may be), respectfully order that Senate
(or House) Bill No. __________ (or ordinance No. ____________),
entitled (title of Act, and if the petition is against less than the
whole Act, then set forth here the part or parts on which the
referendum is sought), passed by the ____________ Legislature of the
State of Oklahoma, at the regular (or special) session of said
legislature, shall be referred to the people of the State (district
of ____________, county of ____________, or city of ____________, as
the case may be) for their approval or rejection at the regular (or
special) election to be held on the ________ day of ____________,
20__, and each for himself says: I have personally signed this
petition; I am a legal voter of the State of Oklahoma (and district
of __________, county of ____________, or city of ____________, as
the case may be); the following five data points shall be included
on the form: the voter’s legal first name, legal last name, zip
code, house number and numerical month and day of my birth.
Referendum petitions shall be filed with the Secretary of State
not more than ninety (90) days after the final adjournment of the
session of the legislature which passed the bill on which the
referendum is demanded. (For county, city or other municipality the
length of time shall be thirty (30) days.)
The question we herewith submit to our fellow voters is: Shall
the following bill of the legislature (or ordinance or resolution--
local legislation) be approved? (Insert here an exact copy of the
text of the measure followed by proponents of record (not to exceed
three signatures, complete printed name and address associated with
his or her Oklahoma voter registration record).)
B. In order for the signature to be approved by the Secretary
of State, four or more data points described in subsection A of this
section must be matched to the voter registration file.
R.L. 1910, § 3368. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 263, § 1, emerg. eff.
May 17, 1961; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1994,
c. 147, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1994; Laws 2015, c. 193, § 1, emerg.
eff. April 28, 2015; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws
2024, c. 119, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 2024.
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