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OKLAHOMA CITY - Medicaid expansion supporters can begin gathering signatures for an initiative petition calling for expanded access to health coverage on July 31.

Oklahoma Secretary of State Michael Rogers set the final day in July as the beginning of the 90-day window in which signature gathering can occur.

In order for supporters of Medicaid expansion to get the issue on the ballot in 2020, they will have to collect nearly 178,000 valid signatures between July 31 and 5 p.m. on Oct. 28.

Oklahoma’s secretary of state, who will verify the signatures that are turned in, gets to set the dates for signature gathering.