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National Popular Vote junkets surface in televised debate

Junkets to exotic locations promoting the National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact to state legislators continue to make news, seven years after they first came to public notice in the wake of the Oklahoma Senate's surprising February 2014 vote to approve NPV, a plan that would have committed Oklahoma's presidential...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 15, 2021 12:07 AM

National Popular Vote continues to fund junkets for Oklahoma legislators

You'd think they'd give up, at long last, but advocates of the National Popular Vote compact continue to lobby Oklahoma legislators to agree to enslave our electoral vote to that of higher-population states on the coasts. Jamison Faught, the Muskogee Politico, recently dug through the legislators' financial disclosure statements for...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 22, 2019 10:50 PM

National Popular Vote before Oklahoma House committee Wednesday

The attempt to enlist Oklahoma in the National Popular Vote agreement, a left-wing attempt to subvert the constitutional method for electing the president, is back. In 2014, NPV legislation was rushed through the State Senate. Legislators were invited to junkets in tropical locations and other favorite vacation spots to discuss...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 24, 2015 4:13 AM

OCPA presents "The Rule of Law and Liberty: Why States Matter" tonight in Tulsa

Tonight, Thursday, January 22, 2015, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) will present the second in a series of programs on the fundamental principles undergirding liberty and the rule of law: "Why States Matter." The program will be held at the Herman and...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2015 10:43 AM

Oklahoma House District 12: Vote against National Popular Vote

House District 12 consists of most of Wagoner County, the part that is not in the Tulsa/Broken Arrow conurbation. The district lies mainly east of 257th East Ave (Midway Road) and south of 51st Street. The incumbent is Wade Rousselot, a Democrat finishing his fifth term, currently serving as the...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 1, 2014 9:16 AM

National Popular Vote's Ray Haynes lobbying Oklahoma grassroots conservatives

Despite the outcry over the passage of SB 906 in the Oklahoma State Senate, a bill that would have subscribed the Reddest State in the Nation to a plan to undermine the constitutional method of electing presidents, advocates of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact haven't given up on putting...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 10, 2014 10:01 PM

Legislators admit National Popular Vote junkets to Las Vegas, Miami

A tip of the hat to Sean Murphy of the Associated Press for his story about Oklahoma legislators taking junkets to Miami and Las Vegas, sponsored by FairVote, the non-profit that says it "has nurtured and supported the National Popular Vote plan" and "regularly works with advocacy leaders at the...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 20, 2014 12:44 AM

Oklahoma legislators invited to electoral vote "seminars" in exotic locales

Several Republican Oklahoma legislators have confirmed to BatesLine that they or their colleagues have been invited to all-expenses-paid "seminars" sponsored by National Popular Vote advocates and held in exotic, warm-weather locations. The legislators have mentioned locations including Scottsdale, Arizona, south Florida, Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, and St. Croix in...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 17, 2014 11:25 PM

Allen, Brecheen recant National Popular Vote support

Two more Republican state senators who voted for SB 906, the bill that would have Oklahoma award its seven electoral votes to the winner of the National Popular Vote, have announced their regret and the withdrawal of their support for the idea, joining an earlier announcement from Sen. Gary Stanislawski....

Posted by Michael Bates on February 17, 2014 10:08 PM

Stanislawski recants National Popular Vote support

Oklahoma State Senator Gary Stanislawski (R-Tulsa) has issued a statement recanting his support for SB 906, and expressing regret for his vote for the bill that would add Oklahoma to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The last several years I have always been against the National Popular Vote. This...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 15, 2014 8:49 PM

Betrayal: Oklahoma Senate passes National Popular Vote bill

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. If you thought you could relax because the Republicans are in charge at the State Capitol and Oklahoma Republicans have a conservative party platform, remember that there are lobbyists giving our friends at the Capitol one side of the story. We in the...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 13, 2014 10:57 PM