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Law & Principles
2025 OCPA Legislative Scorecard: Watch List
Here is a list of bills that are eligible to be included on the OCPA Legislative Scorecard for the 2025 legislative session.Staff | January 31, 2025
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Law & Principles
Study: California ‘open’ primary didn’t boost turnout
Those who want Oklahoma to enact a California-style “top two” primary claim that the California system would increase voter turnout in Oklahoma elections. However, research from California shows that isn’t necessarily true.Ray Carter | January 23, 2025
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Law & Principles
California’s election system: How’s that working out for you?
California’s election system has given that state a political class completely out of touch with the average citizen’s basic needs and indifferent to the consequences of bad policy.Jonathan Small | January 21, 2025
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Law & Principles
Lawmakers seek to reduce Oklahoma regulations
Oklahoma imposes more state regulations than most U.S. states, due in part to a review process that currently allows little time for lawmakers to thoroughly examine proposed agency rules. Two lawmakers want to change that.Ray Carter | January 21, 2025
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Law & Principles
OCPA: California-style primary (still) a bad idea
OCPA President Jonathan Small issued the following statement after proponents refiled a proposed state question that would eliminate primary elections for most federal, state, and local offices in Oklahoma.Staff | January 6, 2025
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Education, Law & Principles
Embrace what works (phonics) or risk getting sued
Too many educators teach children to guess rather than teaching them to read. Now these “defective goods and services” have landed some defendants in court.Jonathan Small | December 30, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
With conservative populism ascendant, let’s rediscover this influential Oklahoman
With Trumpism ascendant in the GOP, now is a good time to rediscover a long-dead Oklahoman who was the premier American theorist for conservative populism.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | December 27, 2024
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Law & Principles
Top-two primary turnout doesn’t live up to hype
Contrary to the claims of SQ 835 backers, Oklahoma’s current system often generates far greater turnout than the participation rate in municipal elections that already use the top-two system in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | December 5, 2024
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Law & Principles
Don’t California our Oklahoma elections
If this system had been in place in November 2018, the general election for Oklahoma governor would have been between Democratic candidate Drew Edmondson and Democratic candidate Connie Johnson.Jonathan Small | December 2, 2024
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Law & Principles
Proposals could cut red tape in Oklahoma
Oklahomans face more state regulations than citizens in most other states. Lawmakers are preparing to tackle this problem in 2025.Jonathan Small | November 27, 2024