Bill > HJR1027

This Joint Resolution directs the Oklahoma Secretary of State to put a proposed amendment to the state Constitution before the voters for their approval or rejection. The amendment would change the requirement for initiating certain types of petitions, which are formal requests or proposals made by citizens. Currently, these petitions need signatures from a certain percentage of legal voters across the entire state. The proposed change would instead require that same percentage of legal voters from *each county* within the state to sign the petition. This applies to petitions proposing new laws (initiative) and petitions to challenge laws passed by the Legislature (referendum), as well as petitions to amend the Constitution. The resolution also specifies the wording for the ballot title that voters will see when they vote on this proposed amendment, explaining that it shifts the signature requirement from statewide to county-by-county.