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.

Historical Data

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R.L. 1910, § 3368; [Comp. Stat. 1921, § 6624]; [St. 1931, § 5867]; Amended by Laws 1961, SB 64, p. 263, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1961; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2289, c. 92, § 1, eff. September 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 685, c. 147, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1994; Amended by Laws 2015, HB 1484, c. 193, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2015 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2020, HB 3826, c. 125, § 1, eff. November 1, 2020 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2024, SB 518, c. 119, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 2024 (superseded document available).

Citationizer^® Summary of Documents Citing This Document

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Cite	Name	Level
Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinions
	Cite	Name	Level
	2003 OK AG 12,	Question Submitted by: The Honorable Ray Vaughn, State Representative, District 81	Cited
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Cases
	Cite	Name	Level
	2007 OK CIV APP 19, 155 P.3d 841,	IN RE: REFERENDUM PETITIONS NO. 0405-1, 0405-2 AND 0405-3	Discussed at Length
	1996 OK CIV APP 50, 920 P.2d 531, 67 OBJ 2525,	Referendum Petition No. 94-1, Matter of	Discussed
Oklahoma Supreme Court Cases
	Cite	Name	Level
	1991 OK 55, 813 P.2d 1019, 62 OBJ 1880,	Initiative Petition No. 347 State Question No. 639, In re	Cited
	1992 OK 122, 838 P.2d 1, 63 OBJ 2386,	Initiative Petition No. 349, State Question No. 642, In re	Cited
	1960 OK 185, 354 P.2d 400,	REFERENDUM PETITION NO. 130, ST. QUESTION NO. 395	Discussed
	1963 OK 285, 388 P.2d 290,	IN RE INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 272	Cited
	1970 OK 143, 475 P.2d 381,	IN RE REFERENDUM PETITION NO. 1968-1	Discussed
	1996 OK 122, 927 P.2d 558, 67 OBJ 3423,	In re Initiative Petition No. 363, State Question No. 672	Cited
	1996 OK 129, 930 P.2d 186, 67 OBJ 3874,	In re Initiative Petition No. 364	Cited
	2018 OK 55, 421 P.3d 867,	OKLAHOMA'S CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE, INC. v. COBURN	Discussed at Length
	2020 OK 58, 470 P.3d 284,	IN RE INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 425, STATE QUESTION NO. 809	Cited
	2026 OK 4, 584 P.3d 188,	ALLISON, et al. v. MCCOY-POST, et al.	Cited
	1950 OK 191, 220 P.2d 454, 203 Okla. 298,	In re REFERENDUM PETITION NO. 1	Cited
	1998 OK 30, 958 P.2d 128, 69 OBJ 1404,	GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO. v. THOMPSON	Cited
Title 11. Cities and Towns
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	11 O.S. 15-103,	Petition - Form - Signatures - Time for Filing	Cited

Citationizer: Table of Authority

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Cite	Name	Level
Title 34. Initiative and Referendum
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	34 O.S. 1,	Referendum Petition - Form - Time for Filing	Cited
	34 O.S. 1,	Referendum Petition - Form - Time for Filing	Cited
	34 O.S. 1,	Referendum Petition - Form - Time for Filing	Cited