Oklahoma State Question 59, Taxes for Common School Amendment (August 1914)
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 59 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on August 4, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the legislature the power to levy taxes for common schools and distribute funds to school districts where local revenue is insufficient to maintain schools for five months each year. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the legislature the power to levy taxes for common schools and distribute funds to school districts where local revenue is insufficient to maintain schools for five months each year. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 59 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 89,653 | 61.17% | ||
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56,916 | 38.83% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 59 was as follows:
| “ | To amend the Constitution of the State, so that the Legislature shall have power to levy taxes in aid of the common schools of the State, and to provide for the apportionment and distribution thereof among those school districts of the State in which a ten mill ad valorem levy and money derived from all other sources is sufficient to maintain common schools for five months in a year, giving to such districts out of said fund hereby authorized, such additional sum as is necessary to maintain schools therein five months in each year. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oklahoma Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oklahoma State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Oklahoma State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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