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Law & Principles
‘Quit fixing it, you’re only making it worse’: The case against the California ‘top two’ election system
Reforms designed to weaken political parties have consistently failed to deliver on their promises. The California “top two” election model, for example, has not increased voter turnout and has not reduced polarization.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | October 28, 2025
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Law & Principles
Ten years in the making: Out-of-state group with left-wing ties pushes California model for Oklahoma elections
After a decade of “conversations and organizing,” a national group with deep Democratic and left-wing ties is backing an effort to replace Oklahoma’s current election system with one modeled after California’s “top two” primary process.Ray Carter | October 27, 2025
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Law & Principles
Former Californian warns: ‘top two’ model would be a disaster for Oklahoma
State Question 836 would replace Oklahoma’s current party-primary system with a California-style “top two” model. Julie Collier, an Oklahoma teacher who lived in California for years, says the “top two” model destroyed meaningful competition and handed total control to the far left.Ray Carter | October 20, 2025
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Law & Principles
Hern urges Republicans to speak out against California-style elections in Oklahoma
Congressman Kevin Hern is warning Oklahoma Republicans that silence is not an option as activists push a California-style overhaul of the state’s election system. “Every Republican leader in the state should be speaking out against this,” Hern said.Ray Carter | October 7, 2025
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Education, Law & Principles
Whistleblower: To target Owasso schools, Biden administration defied court order
Whistleblower testimony reveals that the Biden administration defied a federal court injunction in order to pursue a “gender identity” discrimination complaint against Owasso Public Schools following the suicide of 16-year-old student Dagny “Nex” Benedict.Ray Carter | October 6, 2025
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Law & Principles, Economy
Minimum-wage hike hits Gen Z hardest
Thanks in part to steep minimum-wage hikes, youth employment in California has collapsed.Curtis Shelton | October 3, 2025
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Law & Principles
Trump DOJ sides with Oklahoma in birth certificate case
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a brief supporting Oklahoma’s law requiring birth certificates to reflect biological sex as either male or female.Ray Carter | September 30, 2025
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Law & Principles
‘No Name Given’: Oklahoma nabs 125 illegal-immigrant drivers
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that Oklahoma troopers and federal agents arrested 125 illegal immigrants in a targeted I-40 enforcement action—uncovering truck drivers with licenses from sanctuary states, including one marked “No Name Given.”Ray Carter | September 29, 2025
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Law & Principles
California, Washington disprove claim that SQ 836 would ‘moderate’ politics in Oklahoma
Advocates of California-style “jungle primaries” insist the system moderates politics, but evidence from Washington and California shows the opposite. Since adopting open primaries, both states have only seen Democrats tighten their grip on power.Ryan Haynie | September 29, 2025
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Law & Principles
SQ 836 would import California’s voting system, thwart Oklahoma conservatives
SQ 836 would replace Oklahoma’s traditional primary elections with a California-style “top two” system. If adopted, the measure could distort representation, silence conservative voters, and open the door for far-left policies to take hold.Jonathan Small | September 29, 2025