Oklahoma Code § 34-1

§ 34-1.

A.

Referendum petition - Form - Time for filing.

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.

R.L. 1910, § 3368. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 263, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 17, 1961; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1994,

c. 147, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1994; Laws 2015, c. 193, § 1, emerg.

eff. April 28, 2015; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws

2024, c. 119, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 2024.