EARLY VOTING CONTINUES IN OKLAHOMA
Your voice matters! Oklahoma voters can cast ballots early on Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at all 77 county election boards. Use our guide to vote for agriculture. Confirm voter registration, find your polling place, and view a sample ballot using the Oklahoma State Election Board’s Online Voter Tool.
TOP HEADLINES
SQ 777 keeps activists out:
The opposition campaign publicly noted on Oct. 12 that the Humane Society of the United States is largest donor opposing SQ 777. Additional opposition donors can be found on the Oklahoma Stewardship Council’s ethics report. These organizations are not friendly to agriculture and will continue to threaten Oklahoma’s agricultural economy [Enid News & Eagle].
Cleaner water? Safer animals? Who’s right in ‘Right to Farm’ debate?:
VonTungeln and his daughter, Amanda Rosholt, want security. They want protection from what they see as meddling out-of-state lobbyists that, in their opinion, threaten their well-being and way of life. They will vote in favor of State Question 777 [KOCO].
ELECTIONS
Early, in-person voting begins across Oklahoma:
Early voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at all 77 county election boards [AP].
Election watch: Legislature:
On Tuesday, voters will pick the winners in 20 Senate races and 73 House races. Republicans now hold a supermajority in the Legislature: 39 of the 48 Senate seats and 71 out of the 101 House seats. Election Day will decide how much that dynamic changes [Oklahoma Watch].
Quiet congressional races, including one for U.S. Senate, on Tuesday ballot:
It’s practically a secret, but Oklahomans will be voting on a U.S. senator in Tuesday’s general election [Tulsa World].
Poll shows 46 percent of rural respondents support Trump:
The 2016 DTN/The Progressive Farmer Pulse of Rural America poll finds most, but not a majority of, respondents stand with recent history in supporting the Republican presidential nominee. Yet it’s far from a slam dunk, given an overall restless electorate [DTN/The Progressive Farmer].
MISCELLANEOUS
White House brief points out dangers of failing to pass TPP:
The Obama administration is maintaining a push for lame duck consideration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership [Agri-Pulse].
Food and ag science will shape our future:
USDA is the world’s largest agricultural research force. USDA employs around 3,000 scientists, economists, statisticians and others, and funds thousands more at land-grant universities and other institutions across the country. Together, their work has helped to shape the lives of billions of people around the world [USDA Results].
