“OKIES, Bringing Voter Choice to Oklahoma”
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OKIES Quarterly Meeting
Sunday, Oct. 14th at 4:00 PM, OKC Downtown Library
OKIES NEWS
● Initiative Petition: Oklahomans for
Ballot Access Reform
to give
voters more choices: www.OkVoterChoice.org
● Are voters more
dissatisfied with major party politics?
Only 15% of voting age Oklahomans voted
in 2006 primary,
or 21%
of registered voters, a fifty year low.
Also, three of four
legislative primary races went unopposed.
● “Why
do we limit ourselves to only two choices?”
asks Jamie Lopp in a
letter to the Oklahoman.
● A Sunday
Oklahoman editorial on OKIES shows why
redistricting reform is needed. More background added here.
● Release: OKIES Support Redistricting Reform html / pdf
● Rep.
McMullen fights for Redistricting
Reform (HB 1937)
Gov. Henry says an Independent
Commission may help.
● OK House to have Saturday
session:
“Access
to our state government shouldn’t be limited to
lobbyists and special interests,”
said Speaker Lance Cargill.
● Release: OKIES Supports Ballot Access Reform
html / pdf More
information at www.OkVoterChoice.org
● OKC- Tim
Russert says safe districts makes divisive politics
●
Oklahoma civics classes are not
teaching students how to
participate in government says
Center for Civic Education
● Ballot Access Reform
Bills Introduced. (1/10/07)
● OKIES Issues
page updated. (12/28/06)
● OKIES
interview (3 min) at the Capitol by OETA. (12/4/06)
● Three reasons
why Oklahoma needs more voter choice.
● OKIES in the Tulsa
World. (12/5/06)
● Legislators see problems with straight
ticket voting (11/28/06)
● Urban
Tulsa article mentions OKIES. (11/15/06)
● Release: OKIES members bring up new issues: html / pdf
Who we are:
Oklahomans
who want their voice heard in state and local government, but do not fit
into the two major parties.
What we stand for:
OKIES
wants to bring more voter choice to Oklahoma. Coalition members have many different
views on specific policies, but all agree that a government
answerable to the people is essential.
What we are doing:
OKIES
seeks to provide a voice for the 200,000 Independents across the state by
recruiting and supporting independent-minded candidates and promoting
reform that engages more voters in
the democratic process.
OKIES members David Splinter, Clark Duffe, and
Richard Prawdzienski hold a VOTE Independent
banner.
More NEWS
● A
Virginia Independent probably decided
control of the
US
Senate, demonstrating
the power Independents can hold.
● An
Oklahoma Democratic leader sounds
concerned
because six state House
seats were decided by a total
of only 802 votes.
● See 2006 Election Results
for Oklahoma Independents.
● The Sapulpa
Herald highlights Independents. (11/7/06)
● The Oklahoman
says our ballot access laws are too tough.
● Four
reasons to reform Oklahoma’s ballot access laws.
● OKIES
endorses pro-ballot access reform candidates.
Read the press
release: html / pdf. (11/1/06)
● OU Daily
article highlights Independents and the need
for ballot access
reform. (11/1/06)
● OKIES member Richard Prawdzienksi says it is
scary
“how our two-party
power structure forces both candidates
and voters into
undesirable positions” and that “with parties
of their own, the true
agenda of a candidate would stand out
clearly” in a Gazette
commentary. (11/1/06)
● Press
coverage of the formation of OKIES. (11/1/06)
● Oklahoma Coalition of Independents announces
formation
in a statewide press release (10/27/06).
●
FairVote.org ranks Oklahoma
(pdf) as having the most landslided Congressional races in the nation
and ranks us 42nd on their Democracy Index. (10/24/06)
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