Any person who circulates a sheet of the petition shall be a registered voter of this state and shall verify the signatures included on any signature sheets he or she circulates by executing his or her affidavit thereon and as a part thereof. The Secretary of State shall cause to be affixed onto the back of the signature form an affidavit, subject to change, for the circulator to verify the signatures. State of Oklahoma, ) ) ss. County of ________ ) I, ______, being first duly sworn, say: That I am at least eighteen (18) years old, a registered voter of this state, and that all signatures on the signature sheet were signed in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or her name, mailing address, county of residence, and date of birth associated with his or her Oklahoma voter registration record, and that each signer is a legal voter of the State of Oklahoma and county of ______ or of the city of ______ (as the case may be). (Signature and complete address of affiant.) Subscribed and sworn to before me this ________ day of ________ A.D. 20__. (Signature and title of the Oklahoma notarial officer before whom oath is made, and his or her complete address, commission number and expiration date, and official Oklahoma notary public seal.) R.L. 1910, § 3373. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 206, § 2, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969; Laws 2015, c. 193, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 2015; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws 2025, c. 275, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 2025.
Notes of Decisions
In Re Initiative Petition No. 347 State Question No. 639, 813 P.2d 1019 (Okla. 1991).
· cites it 5× “Protestant Parker is correct in stating that an admitted or proven false circulator's verification destroys the probative value of the verification. However, proof of a technical or clerical error in the notary's jurat is not interchangeable with proof that the circulator's…”
In Re Supreme Court Adjudication of Sufficiency of Initiative Petition in Tulsa, 597 P.2d 1208 (Okla. 1979).
· cites it 4× “Title 34 O.S.1971 § 6 establishes the following provisions for the verification of signatures on an initiative or referendum petition: Each sheet of every such petition containing signatures shall be verified on the back thereof, in substantially the following form, by the…”
Oklahomans for Modern Alcoholic Beverage Controls, Inc. v. Shelton, 501 P.2d 1089 (Okla. 1972).
· cites it 4× “In this verification the circulator verifies that he is a “qualified elector”, and that “each signer is a legal voter.” This court cannot speculate as to legislative intent, or question propriety of particular enactments.”
Yes on Term Limits, Inc. v. Savage, 550 F.3d 1023 (10th Cir. 2008).
“The Oklahoma Supreme Court ascertains whether there are enough signatures for the petition to reach the ballot.”
Brock v. Thompson, 1997 OK 127 (Okla. 1997).
“Sean Radcliff, Comment, Pre-Election Judicial Review of Initiative Petitions: An Unreasonable Limitation On Political Speech, 30 Tulsa L.”
Free Libertarian Party, Inc. v. Spano, 314 F. Supp. 3d 444 (E.D.N.Y 2018).
“3d at 1025, 1028-31 (finding unconstitutional Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 34 § 6, which required petition signatures to be verified by "the person who circulated said sheet of said petition" and that the person be a qualified elector of Oklahoma); Blackwell , 545 F.”
Cmty. Gas & Serv. Co. v. Walbaum, 404 P.2d 1014 (Okla. 1965).
“162 ; and (3) the execution of a circulator’s verification prescribed by 34 O.S.1961, § 6. In re Initiative Petition No.”
Young v. Rogers, 434 P.2d 941 (Okla. 1967).
· cites it 4× “1921 [now 34 O.S.1961 § 6], and said petition must be disregarded.”
Tillman v. Christian, 388 P.2d 290 (Okla. 1963).
· cites it 2× “According to protestants’ argument, the circulators are required by law to be present when signatures are placed on the petition, 34 O.S.1961 § 6, and, therefore, they must, as a matter of law, be charged with knowledge of the fact that a person has placed on the petition a name…”
Ezzell v. Lack, 2021 OK 5 (Okla. 2021).
“162; and (3) the execution of a circulator's verification prescribed by 34 O.S. 1961 § 6 . In re Initiative Petition No.”
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