Oklahoma Secretary of State

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The Oklahoma Secretary of State is the chief clerical officer of the U.S. state of Oklahoma and the only appointed core member of the executive branch of the Oklahoma state government.

The current secretary of state of Oklahoma is M. Susan Savage.

Qualifications

• a citizen of the State of Oklahoma
• at least 31 years old
• a resident of the United States for at least 10 years

Role in the initiative process

The secretary of state is the office where proponents of statewide initiative and referendum measures file the wording of proposed initiatives.

After circulation of the petition, the signatures are turned into the secretary of state, where they are counted and bound into signature pamphlets.

The secretary of state's office, through the counting process, determines if the number of signatures is sufficient. If it so determines, the question is placed on the ballot for a vote of the people.

The secretary of state's office also provides a checklist of items, or a brief, about the state's initiative process.

Challenges to signature counts

Proponents of Oklahoma ballot measures have legally challenged the secretary of state's count. In 1972, in , the Oklahoma Supreme Court determined that the secretary of state had erroneously disqualified a measure from the ballot by ruling as invalid signatures that should have been counted as valid signatures.

Contact information

Secretary of State
2300 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Ste. 101
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4897
Phone:405-521-3912

See also

• Oklahoma Secretary of State M. Susan Savage
• Oklahoma Governor
• Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor
• Oklahoma Attorney General

External links

• Office of the Oklahoma Secretary of State
• Brief of Petition Process from Secretary of State

References

• Wikipedia, Secretary of State of Oklahoma

Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.

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