Last year, both houses of the Oklahoma legislature passed HB 1072, the bill to reduce the number of signatures for a minor party to get on the ballot. But because both houses passed different versions, the bill was sent to Conference Committee. Oklahoma has two-year legislative sessions. The conference committee for the bill has just been appointed. It includes 21 House members and 22 Senate members. OBAR (Oklahoma Ballot Access Reform) will be mobilizing all its forces to persuade the members of the conference committee to approve a good version of the bill. The existing requirement is 5% of the last vote cast. For 2010, that is 73,134 signatures.