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Oklahoma State Questions - 2010 Election

Our Oklahoma legislature has managed to put some pretty silly ballot measures up for a vote this coming Tuesday.  Unfortunately, Oklahomans will swallow the bait hook, line and sinker.  Here is a look at those ballot measures and some reasons to oppose or support them. SQ 746 - Voter ID - NO - This measure would require identification to vote.  Republican lawmakers insist that if you need an ID at Wal-Mart to cash a check, then you should have ID to vote and it would prevent voter fraud.  First, there is absolutely no evidence of voter fraud.  People pretending to be someone else and voting for them just has not happened.  Second, this measure would disenfranchise people.  It sets up an additional barrier to voting.  I think of my grandmother who did not drive for nearly the last twenty years of her life.  She would have been required to obtain another identification in order to vote.  Voter turnout is already low without having to throw up this obstacle. But herein lies the true p