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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 1027 By: Paxton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to initiative and referendum;
7 amending 34 O.S. 2021, Section 3, which relates to
8 petitions and signatures; making language gender
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9 affirmation about certain language; and declaring an
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 34 O.S. 2021, Section 3, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 3. A. Each initiative petition and each referendum
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16 petition shall be duplicated for the securing of signatures. The
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17 Secretary of State shall design a form, subject to change, for
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18 signatures that shall be used by proponents of initiatives or
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19 referendums when collecting signatures, and each sheet for
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20 signatures shall be attached to a copy of the petition. Each copy
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21 of the petition and sheets for signatures is hereinafter termed a
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22 pamphlet. On the outer page of each pamphlet shall be printed the
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23 word "Warning", and underneath this in ten-point type the words, "It
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24 is a felony for anyone to sign an initiative or referendum petition
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1 with any name other than his or her own, or knowingly to sign his or
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2 her name more than once for the measure, or to sign such petition
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3 when he or she is not a legal voter." A simple statement of the
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4 gist of the proposition shall be printed on the top margin of each
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5 signature sheet.
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6 B. The Secretary of State shall affirm that any proposition,
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7 suggested ballot title, or gist does not contain euphemisms, words,
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8 or phrases regarded in popular parlance as code words, or an
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10 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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11 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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12 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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13 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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