Reply #41: But, OK is getting used to it

[gaia_gardener]

we had cockfighting on the ballot for the governor election had pretty large voter turnout then too. We're getting the point that voting is important. And our legislators are getting the point that they can greatly affect voter turnout through ballot iniatives. We also had a tobacco tax iniative, a lottery iniative and some other iniatives.

Plus, OK has a high number of unemployed people, it's easy to vote when you have all day. And our "connect the arrow" form of voting allows for a quick turnaround (the biggest bottleneck is getting your name found on the role).

My precinct didn't have that high a turnout - something like 50% when I was there at 5:30, but I suspect there were some absentee ballots since my precinct is made up largely of retirees.