Posted on 07/01/2020 10:15:35 AM PDT by Meatspace
Oklahoma voters narrowly approved a state question to expand Medicaid to cover more low-income residents.
With all precincts reporting Tuesday, State Question 802, which asked voters to expand Medicaid, passed by 6,488 votes.
The question will enshrine Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma’s constitution — effectively preventing Oklahoma’s GOP-controlled Legislature and Republican governor from limiting or undoing the expansion.
(Excerpt) Read more at oklahoman.com ...
Too many students, voting absentee in one state and in person in another.
No entitlement to OPM should ever exist in a constitution.
When the electorate learns they can vote for money from the public Treasury, it kills democracies.
I think it is ridiculous to allow significant ballot issues to be put on primary or special elections. They should be required to go on General elections so that the vast majority of the voting populace can express their opinion on the issue.
These initiatives that pass with a "rump" electorate ought to be considered invalid.
Letting a tiny minority decide for the rest is an idiot way to run a state.
“Too many students, voting absentee in one state and in person in another.”
Trump won Oklahoma by 35 points. Not quite seeing how the student vote could overtake conservative Oklahoma in one election.
Stupid voters.
They voted themselves into bankruptcy.
Wait until the citizens of Oklahoma SEE what their care is like and the waits are like!! Let the states sink or swim on this!! You want government run healthcare MOVE to a state that has it!!
When the electorate learns they can vote for money from the public Treasury, it kills democracies.
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There is already an abundance of evidence of that in this country today. People love the idea if “free stuff”.
Our republic will eventually collapse under the weight of our debt of $26 TRILLION and our unfunded liabilities which are currently at an unbelievable $153 TRILLION! The unfunded liabilities alone equate to $463,000 owed for each citizen in this country. INSANE!
Let’s be clear. . . this Constitutional Amendment DID NOT WIN at the Ballot Box.
It lost at the Ballot Box and at Early Voting Stations. HOWEVER, it strangely won an unlikely 80-20 advantage in Absentee Ballots mailed in. Hmm! These are USSR, Iranian and N. Korean sized majorities.
The libs are getting the hang of election fraud. It will soon be coming to a state near you!
“Low turnout. Trump is unopposed so a lot of Republican primary voters saw no reason to turn up.”
Whose fault is that?
Unfortunately regardless of political affiliation, when given the opportunity to vote themselves freebees, most people will vote for freebees (until they bill comes due and they find out nothing in life is free).
Low turnout?
That is clear evidence of abuse, it seems to me.
“Do they honestly think we’re too stupid to recognize another attempt at voter fraud?”
Well, yes, yes they do!
I voted against it but i count less all the time.
Oklahoma is NOT conservative. You will see that most Okies confuse conservatism with some form of anarchy and libertarianism. Don’t call them libertarians though. Many will think you are calling them a female queer and want to fight you.
Lots of okies are some range of poor and want all the handouts they can get.
The only thing conservative about Oklahoma is the stand on guns after that you get some religion, babble thumpers, anti abortion, drunks, pot smoking, crack / meth, libertarianism and a whole lot of leave me alone.
At least my home county had enough sense to keep our new and best, most professional, hardest working sheriff we have probably ever had. Good thing the track and that mess are no longer active or he might not have been around to run again.
Oklahoma is dirt poor, suffers from the outcome of a lot of prior corruption, some current corruption and a hell of a lot of just plain ignorance. What can you really expect of a state established by a bunch of claim jumpers, missed the boat on the good land homesteaders, displaced Indians and exploit and pillage oil barons.
That is the whole reason to put them on the specials. Low turnout and low attention.
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