Petitioners file ballot initiatives to create Tulsa Race Massacre holiday, overhaul legislative process

Petitioners file ballot initiatives to create Tulsa
Petitioners file ballot initiatives to create Tulsa

Oklahoma voters have filed two initiative petitions thus far in September, one to create a state holiday honoring Tulsa Race Massacre victims and another to guarantee a minimum number of bill hearings for each legislator.

Meanwhile, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Sept. 16 that State Question 836 is constitutional and may proceed. The ballot initiative, which seeks to overhaul Oklahoma’s primar…