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List of Oklahoma ballot measures

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The following is a list of statewide initiatives and referendums modifying state law and proposing state constitutional amendments in Oklahoma, sorted by election.

2000s

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2004

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November 2004 general election
Proposal Passed YES votes YES % NO votes NO % Description
State Question 711 Yes Yes 1,075,216 75.58 347,303 24.42 defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, bans same-sex marriage

2010s

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2010

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November 2010 general election
Proposal Passed YES votes YES % NO votes NO % Description
State Question 744 No No 189,164 18.59 828,589 81.41 mandated that the Oklahoma Legislature spend no less than the average amount spent by "neighboring states" (those states which border Oklahoma: Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico) on "common education" (defined as grades pre-kindergarten through high school) on an annual, per-student basis. If the surrounding-state average ever declined, the legislature would be required to spend the same amount as it did the year before. The measure required that increased spending begin in the first fiscal year after its passage and that the surrounding-state average be met in the third fiscal year after passage.
State Question 746 Yes Yes 746,053 74.34 257,523 25.66 requires that each person appearing to vote present a document proving their identity.
State Question 747 Yes Yes 695,592 69.88 299,789 30.12 amend the Oklahoma Constitution by placing term limits on all Statewide elected officials. All officials would be allowed to serve no more two terms in office. Terms served need not be consecutive for the limits to apply.
State Question 748 Yes Yes 567,288 58.42 403,733 41.58 Changes Apportionment Commission's name to the Bipartisan Commission on Legislative Apportionment and would increase the number of members from three to seven. The President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate would appoint one Democrat and one Republican, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives would appoint one Democrat and one Republican, and the Governor of Oklahoma would appoint one Democrat and one Republican. The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma would chair the commission and would be a nonvoting member. It requires orders of redistricting to be signed by at least four members of the commission.
State Question 750 Yes Yes 485,703 50.40 478,042 49.60 changes the number of signatures required for initiative and referendum petitions
State Question 751 Yes Yes 740,918 75.54 239,904 24.46 adding a new Article to the Constitution. That Article would deal with the State's official actions. It dictates the language to be used in taking official State actions must be the English language. However, it allows for Native American languages could also be used and, when Federal law so requires, other languages could also be used.
State Question 752 Yes Yes 606,805 62.83 358,925 37.17 adds two at-large members to the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission.
State Question 754 No No 361,907 37.08 614,219 62.92 amends Constitution to specify that the Constitution could not have required the Oklahoma Legislature to fund state functions based on: Predetermined constitutional formulas, How much other states spend on a function, and How much any entity spends on a function. In opposition to aforementioned SQ744
State Question 755 Yes Yes 695,650 70.08 296,944 29.92 requires courts to rely solely on federal and state law when deciding cases. It forbids courts from considering or using international law or using Sharia.[1]
State Question 756 Yes Yes 638,530 64.73 347,956 35.27 prohibits making a person participate in a health care system, prohibits making an employer participate in a health care system, and prohibits making a health care provider provide treatment in a health care system. It would allow persons and employees to pay for treatment directly, it would allow a health care provider to accept payment for treatment directly, it would allow the purchase of health care insurance in private health care systems, and it would allow the sale of health insurance in private health care systems.
State Question 757 Yes Yes 499,287 51.02 479,353 48.98 amends Section 23 of Article 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution. It would increase the amount of surplus revenue which goes into the Constitutional Reserve Fund. The amount would go from 10% to 15% of the funds certified as going to the General Revenue fund for the preceding fiscal year.

2018

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June 2018 primary election
Proposal Passed YES votes YES % NO votes NO % Description
State Question 788 Yes Yes 507,582 56.9 385,176 43.1 to legalize the licensed use, sale, and growth of marijuana in Oklahoma for medical purposes.
November 2018 general election
Proposal Passed YES votes YES % NO votes NO % Description
State Question 793 No 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 Yes 905,195 78.01 255,230 21.99 amend the Oklahoma Constitution to expand the rights of victims of crime.
State Question 798 No No 528,614 45.91 622,863 54.09 amend the Oklahoma Constitution to provide that the governor and lieutenant governor be jointly elected.
State Question 800 No No 488,612 42.78 653,630 57.22 amend the Oklahoma Constitution to create a new trust fund consisting of a portion of all taxes collected against the extraction of oil and gas resources.
State Question 801 No No 572,811 49.6 581,989 50.4 amend the Oklahoma Constitution to allow voters within a local school district to expand the permissible use of property taxes to include school operations rather than just for school buildings.

2020s

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2020

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June 2020 primary election
Proposal Passed YES votes YES % NO votes NO % Description
State Question 802 Yes Yes 340,572 50.49% 334,019 49.51% Amends State Constitution to expand Medicaid to adults between 18 and 65 whose income is 133% of the federal poverty level or below under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
November 2020 general election
Proposal Passed YES votes YES % NO votes NO % Description
State Question 805 No No 588,280 38.92% 923,328 61.08% Prohibits former felony convictions from being considered for calculating future punishments
State Question 814 No No 615,161 41.21% 877,432 58.79% Decreases payments to Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund from 75% to 25%, directs legislature to use money from fund to secure federal matching funds for state's Medicaid program

References

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  1. ^ Dwyer Arce (November 3, 2010). "Oklahoma voters ban use of Islamic, international law in state court decisions". JURIST - Paper Chase.