Oklahoma’s Voter ID law will take effect July 1, and the League is committed to ensuring no one is intimidated or deterred by this new law.
City Charter Change: Should Tulsa Councilors be Elected for Two-year or Three-year Terms?
In November 2011, it’s likely that Tulsa voters will be asked to make a number of decisions on some complicated changes to the City of Tulsa’s form of government and elections. A proposal from City Council includes a change to the three-year terms approved by voters in 2009. Will this be best for Tulsa?
Voter ID Lawsuit: Waiting For the Oklahoma Supreme Court
The scheduled hearing before a referee of the Oklahoma Supreme Court was held April 19. Little was resolved. It is now a matter of waiting for the Oklahoma Supreme Court to determine if it wants to take up this issue and strike down the newly enacted law requiring all voters show either a photo identification or their voter registration card …
Terms of Office For City Councilors on Agenda for May Unit Meetings
In 1989 the City of Tulsa changed its form of government from electing at-large commissioners to electing a mayor and city council. Under that city charter the nine district councilors served two-year terms. In 2009, the City Council proposed a change to the city charter, passed by voters, which lengthened the terms of city councilors from two years to three-year …
City Charter Change: What’s Best for Tulsa?
Tulsa voters may be making a number of decisions on some complicated and confusing proposed changes to the City of Tulsa’s form of government in the November 2011 election. The changes have been proposed by an organization called Save Our Tulsa, through their petition drive last fall, and by the City Council. The League’s Local Study Committee and its four …