Group refiles petition to create redistricting commission
February 7, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group that wants to change how Oklahoma's legislative and congressional district lines are drawn has refiled an initiative petition in hopes of bringing the issue before voters.
People Not Politicians refiled a new version of its petition on Thursday, two days after its original petition was struck down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
In that ruling, the court said the proposal itself was constitutional but that a shorthand description of the measure, called a gist, didn't adequately describe the proposal.
The group needs to gather about 178,000 signatures in 90 days to q...
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