City of Tecumseh v. City of Shawnee

I cannot agree with the majority decision.

The self-executing provision of our Constitution governs the conduct of an election held for the relocation of a county seat. That provision is section 7 of art. 17, Constitution of Oklahoma:

“Any person or corporation offering money or other thing of valu,e,’ either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of influencing any voter for or against any competing town in such election, shall be deemed guilty of bribery.”

The terms of the constitutional provision are more. extensive than the statutory inhibition against “offering, giving or accepting a…