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Red-state GOP gets sharp rebuke as top court kills their election scheme

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The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 2025 state law that placed new limits on the initiative petition process, according to the Oklahoma Policy Institute. The court held that Senate Bill 1027 is “unconstitutional and void in its entirety” and can’t be enforced, the group said in a statement. The Legislature passed the measure in 2025. OK Policy says it would have made it harder for ordinary Oklahomans to put issues before voters as state questions, and that its own analysis found the law would have shut millions of registered voters out of the petition process. Opponents sued…

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    Red-state GOP gets sharp rebuke as top court kills their election scheme

    The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 2025 state law that placed new limits on the initiative petition process, according to the Oklahoma Policy Institute. The court held that Senate Bill 1027 is “unconstitutional and void in its entirety” and can’t be enforced,...

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