Bill > HJR1018

This Joint Resolution directs the Secretary of State to present a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution to the voters for their approval or rejection, which would change the requirement for initiating certain types of petitions from needing signatures from a percentage of legal voters statewide to needing signatures from a percentage of legal voters within each individual congressional district. Specifically, the amendment would alter the percentages required for initiative petitions proposing legislative measures and for petitions proposing constitutional amendments, as well as for referendum petitions that can be used to challenge laws passed by the Legislature, with the percentages for all these actions being based on the total votes cast for Governor in the last general election. The resolution also provides the specific wording for the ballot title that voters will see when deciding on this proposed change.