House Bill 2246 will reform Oklahoma’s hardest-in-the-nation ballot initiative and referendum process.  If passed, it will extend the amount of time to collect signatures from 90 days, as is allowed under current law, to one year.  This will allow for enough time to collect the tens of thousands of signatures needed to qualify for the ballot. In addition, it moves any challenges of the ballot language to the beginning of the initiative petition process.  By doing so, it will allow any corrections in the wording to happen before the signatures are collected, preventing initiatives from being thrown out for a mere technicality.  In addition, it cleans up the language of the law to make it more current (i.e. changing “19__” to “20__”).

Click here to read a copy of the bill on the Oklahoma Leislature’s website.