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Okla. Stat. tit. 34, § 4 (2026)

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When any such signed initiative or referendum petition pamphlets shall be offered for filing, the Secretary of State, in the presence of the person offering the same for filing, shall detach the sheets containing the signatures and affidavits and cause them all to be attached to one or more printed copies of the measure so proposed by

initiative or referendum petition. If the aforesaid sheets shall be too bulky for convenient binding in one volume, they may be bound in two or more volumes, those in each volume to be attached to a single printed copy of such measure; the detached copies of such measures shall be delivered to the person offering the same for filing. Each of the volumes and each signature sheet therein shall be numbered consecutively, and a cover sheet shall be attached, showing the purported number of signature sheets, the series of numbers assigned to the signature sheets and the total number of signatures counted per volume. The Secretary of State shall render a signed receipt to the person offering the petition for filing, which receipt shall include a report, volume by volume, showing the number of signature sheets in each volume, the series of numbers assigned to the signature sheets in each volume, and the number of purported signatures in each volume. Duplicate copies of the cover sheets, with necessary corrections, may be used as receipts. If the volume of signatures is sufficiently large, the Secretary of State shall seal the petitions in such manner that they cannot be opened unless the seal is broken, and if requested by those filing said petition, they shall not be opened before 9:00 a.m. on the day following the date said petitions are filed and said procedure shall continue until such time as the Secretary shall be able to receipt the petitions so filed; but additional signature sheets shall not be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on the ninetieth day. The Secretary of State shall not provide any copies of signature sheets to anyone until the sheets have been bound as provided in this section. Provided, that whenever reference is made in this act to the Secretary of State, such reference shall include the Secretary of State or any officer constitutionally designated to perform the duties herein prescribed. R.L. 1910, § 3371. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 265, § 4, emerg. eff. May 17, 1961; Laws 1970, c. 185, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1970; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1960–2014 · leading case: In re Initiative Petition No. 397, State Question No. 767, 2014 OK 23.
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In re Initiative Petition No. 397, State Question No. 767, 2014 OK 23. · cites it 3× “§ 8(E), and 34 O.S.2011 § 4. 71 The Attorney General is correct that a proponent gets only one 90-day period to collect signatures.”
Yes on Term Limits, Inc. v. Savage, 550 F.3d 1023 (10th Cir. 2008). “Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 34, §§ 4 , 8. The proponent delivers the signatures to the Secretary of State’s office for counting.”
In re Referendum Petition No. 130, St. Question No. 395, 354 P.2d 400 (Okla. 1960). “There is no such requirement either in our constitution or the laws enacted in pursuance thereof as to a referendum petition despite the argument of protestant that 34 O.S.1951 § 4 does make this requirement.”
In re Protest to Referendum Petition No. 1968-1 of Norman, 475 P.2d 381 (Okla. 1970). “(2) Referendum petition is insufficient because the margins on the petition do not comply with the requirements of 34 O.S.1961 § 4. (3) Referendum petition is insufficient because it does not comply with Const.”
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