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Imagine a report card that doesn’t grade homework or exams, but the very decisions shaping your future. Every bill passed in our state legislature, will affect an Oklahoman’s life. There is a high probability it will affect your life, be it, your children’s education, your occupation, your property, your taxes, your health, the rules that govern your life or the very choices you can make as a free-being.
It is estimated Oklahoma has over 50,000 laws on the books and every year that is increased by approximately 500 new or amended laws. How do you as a voter, a constituent, know if your public servant is advancing your welfare or carrying water for special interests, lobbyists? These well-funded groups contribute large sums of money to law-maker’s campaigns, wine and dine them in the lonely evening hours of legislative session to gain face to face influence? (There are a few legislators and candidates who have taken a “no funds from lobbyists” pledge. We, at OKGrassroots would highly recommend you support these “of the people” legislators and candidates.) If you are an average citizen, like most of us, it is a daunting task to evaluate a legislator. For many of us, our decisions are made from a few news reports or a campaign mailer. These sources have a high degree of inaccuracies and biases. Our Republic thrives on transparency, yet many legislators’ votes remain obscure—until now. Discover how grading their records brings clarity to chaos.
In our vocation and careers, we are all evaluated. If you work for or own a business, you are evaluated by your superiors or customers. In our form of representative government, you, the voter are the superiors of your public servants. Benjamin Franklin stated, “In free governments, the rulers are the servants, and the people are the superiors and sovereigns.”
We, at OKGrassroots would like to assist you in your evaluation of who creates the laws under which you live. Welcome to an objective evaluation of your state legislators’ voting records, The OKGrassroots 2025 Legislative Scorecard. Nowhere will you find a more comprehensive evaluation of your public servants’ performance. Our OKGrassroots team evaluated 521 bills which included every bill that passed the legislature and was sent to the governor to become law. This is a comprehensive assessment. We compared the legislation to our Oklahoma Republican Platform which is the position on issues from your state Republican Party. The Oklahoma Republican Party Platform is created by engaged active everyday Republicans, who commit their time and effort creating this position paper. Click on the following links to find the OKGOP Platform and Rules.
Unfortunately, many of the strong conservative bills are killed before they are given committee hearings. In Oklahoma, the leadership of both chambers have dictatorial authority determining what legislation is considered and what is discarded, with little recourse from individual legislators. It is a top down-structured entity, contradicting our representative principles of governance. Many of the decisions of what bill sees “the light of day” in committee hearings or on the floor of a chamber are made in secret caucus proceedings. As more conservative bills are given hearings, the scores of those Republicans that hold to Republican Platform positions will go up. Who is voted into leadership is also determined by secret ballot and secret caucus, which is not disclosed to the public. This is not representative governance! This is more evidence our legislature does not reflect the values of “We the People”.
The State of Oklahoma overwhelmingly supports Republican candidates for office. Currently, the Oklahoma Legislature is comprised of 40 Republican Senators (8 Democrat), 80 Republican Representatives (19 Democrat) and two vacancies. The Oklahoma Election Board reports well over 1,000,000 active Republican voters, more than all other parties (Democrat, Independent, Libertarian) combined. Our legislature is dominated by Republicans.
Who determines what it means to be a Republican? According to the Rules and Platform of the Oklahoma Republican Party, it is the Republican voters of Oklahoma who determine the criteria for the party. “All citizens of Oklahoma are invited to join the Oklahoma Republican Party to perpetuate this Republic.” (OKGOP Rules) “We believe in limited government, individual liberty, natural rights, and personal moral responsibility.” (OKGOP Platform)
This evaluation encompassed several hundred hours of labor by individuals who are passionate to pass this precious gift of liberty to our posterity.
Notes on the OKGrassroots Republican Platform Scorecard:
- Bills are scored based on the new or altered language in the law, not the existing language. Be sure to examine the STRIKETHROUGH (being removed), or UNDERLINED (being added), language of each bill. If the bill is adding ALL new language, it will state NEW LAW at the beginning of the new section. In those cases, the new language is not underlined.
- EXCUSED VOTES: We documented missed votes, but a legislator’s score is only based on votes cast.
- Great effort has been taken to ensure the Platform Principle is clearly seen in the bills evaluated. If a platform principle is not clearly evaluable, the bill was given a neutral score.
- Our analysis evaluated 521 bills. There are no weighted scores or hidden calculations. Our goal is for this grading system to be not only transparent but something that any Oklahoma citizen can compile on his/her own legislator.
- The scorecard looks strictly at the voting records of legislators. It does not take into consideration the Constitutional bills which were filed or the efforts made in committees by those who are fighting for your liberty. Some of those conservative bills which never get a hearing due to the politics in the leadership of both chambers deal with the 2nd Amendment, election integrity, government spending, emergency powers, and stopping federal overreach.
- When evaluating this report as a voter, please consider a legislator will use additional criteria in deciding how to vote. We believe a 60 or 70% is a strong score in evaluating your legislator.
The objective of this scorecard is to provide information you receive from no other source, so you can make the best decisions at the ballot box.
In Liberty,
The OKGrassroots Team
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