Oklahomans who are working to improve ballot access in that state are meeting on Sunday, 1:30 pm, July 8, in Stroud, Oklahoma (between Tulsa and Oklahoma City). The exact location is Best Western Motor Lodge, 1200 N. 8th Ave. The group will discuss plans for the initiative that would ask the voters to make it easier for parties to get and remain on the ballot.
I do not oppose a initiative petition in Oklahoma to change the ballot access law, but I believe it would be a massively expensive project. After 35 years of experience with the Oklahoma political system, I am just about fed up with petitions. The unanimous denial in May by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to hear a ballot access case brought by the Oklahoma Libertarian organization has led me to conclude that a campaign to deny three state Supreme Court Justices retention on the 2008 ballot is a justified and economical alternative to an initiative petition campaign. I would gladly attend the July planing meeting, but I have a previous commitment out of state at that time. If I decide to run as an independent for Congress in 2008, I will campaign against retention of these three Justices for 2008. If an initiative is pursued I will support it also.