{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-34-34-2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 34, § 34-2","heading":"Initiative petition - Form","body":"A. The form of initiative petition shall be substantially as\n\nfollows:\n\nINITIATIVE PETITION\n\nTo the Honorable ______________, Governor of Oklahoma (or To the\n\nHonorable ______________, Mayor, Chairman of County Commissioners,\n\nor other chief executive officers, as the case may be, for the city,\n\ncounty or other municipality): We, the undersigned legal voters of\n\nthe State of Oklahoma (and of the district of _______________,\n\ncounty of _______________, or city of ________________, as the case\n\nmay be), respectfully order that the following proposed law (or\n\namendment to the constitution, ordinance, or amendment to the city\n\ncharter, as the case may be) shall be submitted to the legal voters\n\nof the State of Oklahoma (or of the district of ______________,\n\ncounty of ______________, or city of ______________, as the case may\n\nbe) for their approval or rejection at the regular general election\n\n(or regular or special city election), to be held on the _____ day\n\nof _________, 20__, and each for himself says: I have personally\n\nsigned this petition; I am a legal voter of the State of Oklahoma\n\n(and of the district of _________, county of __________________,\n\ncity of ______________, as the case may be); the following five data\n\npoints shall be included on the form: the voter’s legal first name,\n\nlegal last name, zip code, house number, and numerical month and day\n\nof my birth. The time for filing this petition expires ninety (90)\n\ndays from (Secretary of State to insert assigned date when petition\n\nis to begin signature circulation). (This for State initiative.\n\nFor county, city, or other municipality the length of time shall be\n\nninety (90) days.) The question we herewith submit to our fellow\n\nvoters is: Shall the following bill (or proposed amendment to the\n\nConstitution or resolution) be approved? (Insert here an exact copy\n\nof the text of the measure followed by proponents of record (not to\n\nexceed three signatures, complete printed name and address\n\nassociated with his or her Oklahoma voter registration record).)\n\nB. In order for the signature to be approved by the Secretary\n\nof State, four or more data points described in subsection A of this\n\nsection must be matched to the voter registration file.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 3369. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 264, § 2, emerg. eff.\n\nMay 17, 1961; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1994,\n\nc. 147, § 2, emerg. eff. May 3, 1994; Laws 2015, c. 193, § 2, emerg.\n\neff. April 28, 2015; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws\n\n2024, c. 119, § 2, emerg. eff. April 23, 2024.","path":["OK Code","Title 34"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os34.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"31c45006c4023ab3bcd6cf93d5e5ad067e6b8a1595a93d563d789f865eb890c5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-34-34-19","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-34-34-2.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}