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With no announcement, law enforcement agencies in Oklahoma are beginning to collect DNA from individuals arrested on felony charges – the first step in implementing a controversial state law passed two years ago.
In deciding how to vote, what do Oklahomans want to change? Oklahoma Watch caught voters at random in recent days to ask them that question. Here’s a compilation of their answers.
Turnout could be heavy on Election Day, Nov. 6, in Oklahoma, if early-voting trends are any indication. Here are some tips on preparing to vote and what you need when you show up at your polling place.
Take 60 seconds and learn who is running for insurance commissioner and why the office is important all Oklahomans.
Three people are running for an Oklahoma Corporation Commission seat in the Nov. 6 general election ballot. In this short video, learn their names and what the purpose of the Corporation Commission is.
If someone asks, “What does the state treasurer do?”, don’t go blank. This short video gives you the basics and tells you who is running for the office in the Nov. 6, 2018, general election.
Learn the key elements of State Question 800, which proposes an Oklahoma Vision Fund designed to grow over time using gross production tax revenue with a portion available for spending every year.
In this 60-second video, learn the basics about what’s at stake in the Nov. 6 vote on State Question 801, which would allow local school districts to spent local “building fund” property taxes on operations.
Addiction-recovery homes across Oklahoma are turning away people who are trying to escape opioid addiction by taking medications considered highly effective for recovery. Use of Suboxone and similar medications is common, but many residents of the state’s Oxford Houses believe that complete abstinence is the only way to truly beat addiction.
Do you know who’s running for state auditor and inspector on the Nov. 6 ballot? In 60 seconds, learn the candidates’ names, the duties of the office and where to get more information.