Ballot measure · Oklahoma · November 3, 2026
State Question 845
Title as the state lists it: Judicial Nominating Commission1,
- How it got there
- Referred by the legislature
- Kind of measure
- Constitutional amendment
- To pass
- A majority of the votes on it
- Researched
- October 27, 2026
Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.
§1What your vote means
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
A yes vote
A yes vote would change the 15-member Judicial Nominating Commission so that appointments are based on current congressional districts instead of the 1967 districts, any number of members may be licensed attorneys or have attorney relatives, party restrictions on the governor's appointees and at-large members end, and members may succeed themselves, as current terms end or seats open.2
A no vote
A no vote would keep the commission's current rules, which tie appointments to the 1967 congressional districts, bar the governor's appointees and at-large members from being attorneys or having attorney relatives, set party restrictions on them, and bar members from succeeding themselves.2
More about it
On August 13, 2026, the Attorney General corrected one sentence of the final ballot title to say that at-large commissioners would serve two-year terms and all others six-year terms, and the Secretary of State sent the corrected title to the State Election Board the same day.2
§2How it got on the ballot
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,
Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,
The Legislature referred this measure as Legislative Referendum 379, through Enrolled House Joint Resolution 1024; the title shown is the subject line the Secretary of State uses for it.1,
It is on Oklahoma's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Oklahoma's measures.
§3What it needs to pass
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
A majority of the votes on it. Needs more yes votes than no votes.3 Where in the source: Okla. Const. art. 24, § 1