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The Oklahoma Constitution permits three methods of amendment: 1) amendments by the Oklahoma Legislature (requires majority vote of both houses and approval by majority of the voters at next general election; the Legislature can by 2/3 vote place the amendment on a special election), 2) constitutional convention (a call for such requires ...
Passed YES votes YES % NO votes NO % Description State Question 793: No 580,341 49.76 585,928 50.24 amend the Oklahoma Constitution to allow optometrists to practice within a mercantile establishment. State Question 794: Yes 905,195 78.01 255,230 21.99 amend the Oklahoma Constitution to expand the rights of victims of crime. State Question 798 ...
The simulated convention passed amendments relating to six topics, including requiring the states to approve any increase in the national debt, imposing term limits, restricting the scope of the Commerce Clause, limiting the power of federal regulations, requiring a supermajority to impose federal taxes and repealing the 16th Amendment, and ...
Mode of Amendment, by 12 States Mode of Amendment, Identical Text March 14, 1955? April 4, 1963? Cong. Rec. Vol. 101, pp. 2770-2771 (SCR 15) [dead link ] remainder of text p. 2771 [dead link ] Cong. Rec. Vol. 109, p. 11852 (HCR 21) [dead link ] (III) 2017 TX 85th Legislature SJR 38 (IV) 2017 TX 85th Legislature SJR 38 Oklahoma Income ...
State Question 755, also known as the Save Our State Amendment, was a legislatively-referred ballot measure held on November 2, 2010, alongside the 2010 Oklahoma elections. The ballot measure, which passed with over 70% of the vote, added bans on Sharia law and international law to the Oklahoma state constitution.
The second way to propose an amendment is by two-thirds “…of the several States,” which “…call a Convention for proposing Amendments….” The first process is by far the more popular.
Do I need to register to vote? Yes, you must first be registered to vote to vote in Oklahoma. You can verify your voter registration details on the OK Voter Portal.. With Election Day coming up on ...
The 21st is also the only constitutional amendment that repealed another one, that being the 18th Amendment, which had been ratified 14 years earlier. As is true for a state legislature when ratifying a proposed federal constitutional amendment, a state ratifying convention may not in any way change a proposed constitutional amendment, but must ...