Randy Krehbiel

Tulsa World Reporter

An initiative petition to put election reform to a vote of the people received the go-ahead from the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday.

It also ruled signatures would not have to be gathered under the restrictions of Senate Bill 1027, a measure intended to make initiative petitions more difficult to bring to a vote. The constitutionality of SB 1027 is under court review.

State Question 836 would put all candidates on a single primary ballot with their party affiliations listed. The top two would advance to a general election, regardless of their party affiliation.

The measure would do away with closed party primaries and runoffs by allowing any eligible voter to choose any candidate.

The idea is to force candidates to appeal to broader spectrum o

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