Syskatine Heisman Winner Gold Member Oct 14, 2018 15,771 9,474 113 Mar 5, 2020 #1 Under House Joint Resolution 1027, in order to qualify for the ballot, a petition would need to get signatures from 8% of registered voters in each congressional district for statutory changes to Oklahoma law. For constitutional changes, petitions would need to get signatures from 15% of registered voters in each district. Referendum petitions would need signatures from 5% of registered voters in each district. The percentages remain the same as in current law, but because the legislation proposes basing the percentages off the number of legal voters instead of the number of ballots cast in the last gubernatorial election, citizens could be tasked with gathering significantly more signatures should the legislation become law. The Oklahoma State Election Board does not have publicly available data on the number of registered voters by congressional district, making it hard to determine how many signatures would be required per congressional district. But as of January, there were just over 2 million registered voters in Oklahoma. Roughly 15% of that means a petition seeking a constitutional change could have to turn in around 313,000 signatures as opposed to the current 177,957 signatures, which is based on 15% of the votes cast in the 2018 gubernatorial general election. Roughly 5% of the state's registered voters means a referendum petition would require around 104,000 signatures, as opposed to the current 59,319 signatures required.
Under House Joint Resolution 1027, in order to qualify for the ballot, a petition would need to get signatures from 8% of registered voters in each congressional district for statutory changes to Oklahoma law. For constitutional changes, petitions would need to get signatures from 15% of registered voters in each district. Referendum petitions would need signatures from 5% of registered voters in each district. The percentages remain the same as in current law, but because the legislation proposes basing the percentages off the number of legal voters instead of the number of ballots cast in the last gubernatorial election, citizens could be tasked with gathering significantly more signatures should the legislation become law. The Oklahoma State Election Board does not have publicly available data on the number of registered voters by congressional district, making it hard to determine how many signatures would be required per congressional district. But as of January, there were just over 2 million registered voters in Oklahoma. Roughly 15% of that means a petition seeking a constitutional change could have to turn in around 313,000 signatures as opposed to the current 177,957 signatures, which is based on 15% of the votes cast in the 2018 gubernatorial general election. Roughly 5% of the state's registered voters means a referendum petition would require around 104,000 signatures, as opposed to the current 59,319 signatures required.
