Oklahoma Supreme Court to decide legality of state question signature purge
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma Supreme Court referee on Tuesday heard arguments in a case which could shape the future of the state’s initiative petition process.
Supporters of a state question that would let voters decide if the state’s primaries should be open challenged a determination by the Oklahoma Secretary of State that they failed to garner enough legal signatures to get it on the ballot.
Frederic Dorwart, an attorney for the state question, which would place all primary candidates on a single ballot, said the Secretary of State must explain why over 57,000 signatures were rejected.
Failure to do so imposes an “extraordinary burden” for supporters to be able to challenge the finding, Dorwart said.
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