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Podcast: On the Ballot
Episode: How Oklahomans Have Used Ballot Measures to Shape Their State for 100+ Years
Description: On this episode: Since becoming a state in 1907, Oklahoma has placed more than 450 ballot measures before voters — a mix of constitutional amendments, citizen initiatives, and veto referendums that reflect over a century of evolving politics. Geoff Pallay returns to host the most recent episode of our Historical Ballot Measure Series with the help of Victoria Rose from Ballotpedia’s ballot measures team. Oklahoma’s long history is filled with interesting and nationally significant measures, with landmark votes such as the early failed effort to grant women’s suffrage in 1910, the state’s history with gambling an...