Proposed State Questions on the 2004 Oklahoma Ballot

This year, Oklahoma legislators decided that they were far too busy mucking around with the state constitution to worry about the needs of Oklahoma wine consumers, wineries and or any tourism industry besides 'Gaming'. Between the executions and the push for more legalized gambling, the Bible Belt is becoming downright unrecognizable. The effort to get a vote of the people on two issues Oklahoma winemakers and grape growers tried to get on the ballot... appears to be doomed.

Here's a short list of what our leaders thought was worthy of voting on:

• SQ. 705 - Creates the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act


• SQ. 706 - Amends the Oklahoma Constitution to create the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund.


• SQ. 707 - Amends the Oklahoma Constitution to ease the use of certain city, town and county taxes and fees.


• SQ. 708 - Amends the Oklahoma Constitution to tighten restrictions on the use of the Rainy Day Fund.


• SQ. 711 - Amends the Oklahoma Constitution to makes issuing a marriage license a misdemeanor


• SQ. 712 - Enacts the State-Tribal Gaming Act to allow Tribes to use new types of gaming machines and Horse Racing tracks to get into the act as well.


• SQ. 713 - Ends the sales tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and places a new 4 cents per cigarette tax.


• SQ. 714 - Amends the Oklahoma Constitution to change the method for finding the fair cash value of low income households.


• SQ. 715 - Amends the Oklahoma Constitution to create an injured veterans exemption from property tax.

Remember: "In democracy its your vote that counts.; In feudalism its your count that votes." -- Mogens Jallberg

You can read brief summaries and even download the full text of this election's Oklahoma State ballot questions from this site:
Proposed State Questions on the 2004 Oklahoma Ballot