By:
Gene Perry
June 14, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019

State Question Information
Enmienda Estatal Oklahoma 2016 En Español
2016 Oklahoma State Question Guide (OK Policy)
SQ 776: Constitutional Amendment on the Death Penalty
State Question 777: Constitutional Limits on Regulation of Agriculture
State Question 779: Sales Tax for Education…
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By:
David Blatt
February 4, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Over 1,700 bills and resolutions have been introduced for the 2016 legislative session, along with an equal number of measures from last session that remain alive and could still be considered this year. Despite the plethora of legislation, there is…
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Guest
January 11, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Alexandra Bohannon is an OK Policy Research Fellow. She is currently a second-year student in the Master of Public Administration program with a concentration in public policy at the University of Oklahoma. Alexandra works as a Graduate Research Assistant for…
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Guest
January 5, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Matt Hecox is an OK Policy Research Fellow in the Master of Public Administration program at the University of Oklahoma. Hecox has previously worked as a legislative assistant for the Oklahoma House of Representatives during the 2014 legislative session and…
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Guest
November 10, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Chris Powell is past chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party.
Fewer people voted in the 2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election than have participated in any election for governor in this state since 1978, when the population was about 900,000 people smaller.…
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By:
David Blatt
August 20, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Low voter turnout is a serious problem in Oklahoma, as we’ve discussed previously in issue briefs and blog posts. Most recently, just one in three eligible voters in Oklahomans went to the polls in the 2014 mid-term election. Electoral disengagement…
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By:
David Blatt
August 12, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Every two years, the U.S. Census Bureau issues a report on voter participation in the most recent elections based on a national survey conducted the previous November. The news from this year’s report ain’t pretty. Fewer Americans voted in the…
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By:
Gene Perry
July 14, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

In a new report from the Center for American Progress on the Health of State Democracies, Oklahoma was awarded a D+ across the board for ballot accessibility, a representative state government, and average citizens’ influence on the political system. These…
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By:
Gene Perry
June 22, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Last week on the blog, we talked about what happened with key bills related to education and criminal justice in this year’s legislative session. In this post, we’ll look at what happened around tax breaks, elections reform, and attempts to…
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Guest
May 18, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Cassidy Hamilton is one of the 2014-2015 OK Policy Research Fellows. Cassidy graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Economics and is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Administration at the University of Oklahoma. She has also contributed a…
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