By Randy EllisStaff writerrellis@oklahoman.comThe wording of an initiative petition calling for a public vote on the creation of a Citizens' Independent Redistricting Commission is legally adequate, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.That doesn't mean Oklahomans will necessarily get to vote on the issue in November.In fact, what happens next is up in the air due to COVID-19."That is the question of the week," said Andy Moore, who heads the group advocating for State Question 810, which seeks to depoliticize the process of re-drawing Oklahoma's congressional and legislative districts, a process that takes place after every 10-year census.The group that filed the challenge to the wording of the initiative petition has five days from the date the Supreme Court issued its opinion to ask for a rehearing, but after that things get murky in a hurry.If no rehearing is requested or a rehearing is denied, the initiative petition would go to Secretary of State Michael Rogers who would ordinarily assign a 90-day window for petition backers to circulate the petition in an effort to obtain the 177,958 valid signatures of registered voters necessary to get the issue placed on the November ballot.The law normally requires that the date to begin circulating petitions be set not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days from the date when all appeals, protests and rehearings have been resolved or expired.Rogers, however, has placed the circulation of petitions on hold due to temporary restrictions on public activities established by the governor due to COVID-19, Moore said."We're not really sure what Secretary Rogers is going to do," Moore said.Read more on NewsOK.com

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