Oklahoma State Question 170, Soil Conservation Initiative (July 1932)
| Oklahoma State Question 170 | |
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| Topic Environment and Food and agriculture |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 170 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oklahoma on July 5, 1932. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported limiting soil-depleting crops to 30% of cultivated land, creating a commission to enforce limits, granting the Governor conditional authority, and establishing penalties for violations. |
A "no" vote opposed limiting soil-depleting crops to 30% of cultivated land, creating a commission to enforce limits, granting the Governor conditional authority, and establishing penalties for violations. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 170 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 130,327 | 30.98% | ||
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290,416 | 69.02% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 170 was as follows:
| “ | "An Act making unlawful the planting of cotton, wheat or other soil exhausting plants in excel of thirty percent of area of each separately owned tract of land in cultivation previous year; creating new commission to determine and control crop limitation; giving Governor conditional power to limit planting of said crops; providing for injunctions and money penalties against those violating act; giving State, and special attorneys appointed by Governor, twenty-five percent of fines collected; defining duties of various State and county officers and imposing penalties on certain County officers violating act." | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Oklahoma, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute was equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last general election. In 2010, voters approved State Question 750, which changed the signature requirement to be based on the preceding gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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