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In Oklahoma, four ballot measures qualified for the November 4, 2008 ballot in Oklahoma. All four measures were voted onto the ballot through the legislative referral process by the Oklahoma State Legislature, rather than through the state's initiative process.
Oklahoman editorializes about dearth of initiatives
On July 28, the state's largest newspaper editorialized that "the November Oklahoma ballot will be blander than dry toast". The paper says that the dearth of interesting initiatives is due to "...the difficulty of getting an initiative petition through the hoops."[1]
Measures certified for November ballot
| Type
| Title
| Subject
| Description
| Status
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| LR | State Question No. 735 | Taxes | Exemption for household personal property tax for certain disabled veterans. | Approved
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| LR | State Question No. 741 | Taxes | Would require a person or a business to file an application the first time in order to have a property tax exemption. | Approved
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| LR | State Question No. 742 | Hunting | Would give all people of the state the right to hunt, trap, fish and take game and fish, subject to reasonable regulation. | Approved
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| LR | State Question No. 743 | Alcohol | Would allow certain winemakers to sell directly to retail package stores and restaurants in Oklahoma. | Approved
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Measures circulating for possible future ballot
| Type
| Title
| Subject
| Description
| Status
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| CI | HOPE Ballot Initiative | Education Funding Boost | Would boost Oklahoma spending on public education. | Circulating Petitions
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Withdrawn, abandoned or failed efforts
| Type
| Title
| Subject
| Description
| Status
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| CI | State Question No. 737 | Discrimination Policies | Would remove affirmative action programs, prohibiting discriminating against or granting preferences to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, and public contracting by the state or its agencies, institutions, or political subdivisions. | Withdrawn by Proponents
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| CI | State Question No. 740 | Political Party Requirements | Reduces the number of signatures required to form a recognized political party. | Pending Signature Count
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For information on other citizen initiatives that attempted but failed to make the ballot, see Oklahoma 2008 citizen initiatives.
See also
References
- ↑ It's toast: State ballot blander than in the past
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