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2- The Elk City News February 4, 2023 News she will be focusing on her in- ent in emotions, through some her start in the organization. geant. They are her family and Heartland terview, then the fitness part of your facial expressions. To Round Continued from page 1. of the competition, and heav- “Without them (Miss Elk inner circle of support. She get the audience engaged in City Board) I would not be said that they have helped her ily on her talent. your talent it is important the where I am today, and I would “[ will work on my talent, way you walk on to the stage, not have been able to look at Town throughout the year because it be to show that a person can just cleaning that up, and mak- and the way you carry yourself the organization the way that I is mentally challenging to go Feburary 14 show that she can work 60 to ing it a better stage perfor- on the stage. That is difficult look at it today. It has given me to a pageant. They have been 70 hours a week and be men- mance. I've got the flute part with the flute,” Eminger ex- so many opportunities,” she there for her, reminding her Valentine's Day tally and physical healthy. down, but the performance plained. concluded. As Eminger prepares for part has always been hard for Eminger wants to thank the Eminger would also like why she is doing it and encour- the Miss Oklahoma Pageant, me. You have to show your tal- Miss Elk City Board for helping to thank Jeff and Trinity Ser- aging her to stick with it. February 20 Presiden’ts Day How Oklahoma Lawmakers Seek to Change Elections February 22 Ash Wednesday and Ballot Initiatives By Keaton Ross | Okla- complaints of bullying and seek to modify the state Con- president of the League of uniform paper-based voting homa Watch harassment, with some opt- stitution, they would require Women Voters of Oklahoma, system and a secure network March 12 ing to resign. She said con- a majority approval from vot- said the organization is work- for transmitting results, as With the 2024 presiden- versations with lawmakers ers upon clearing the Legisla~ ing to engage with lawmakers beneficial in maintaining a se- Spring Forward Time tial election cycle on the ho- give her hope they will work ture to take effect. about the benefits and im- cure election system. rizon, Oklahoma lawmakers to support local election of- Initiative petition orga- portance of expanding vot- State election officials have introduced more than ficials. nizers have opposed similar ing accessibility. She said the completed their first post- March 17 90 election and voting bills “These people donate their efforts in recent years, saying organization hopes the Legis- election audit last summer ahead of the upcoming legis- time and their energy to mak- the state's signature collection lature will expedite the launch following the June 28 prima- St. Patrick's Day lative session. ing elections successful, and requirement is already among of online voter registration ry election. The audit found About one-fifth of these if they don’t feel safe at their the nation’s most stringent and lawmakers and strike no discrepancy between the proposals are shell bills titled precincts it becomes neces- and additional restrictions down proposals to restrict the certified election results. A re- “Oklahoma Elections Reform sary for us to take measures would stop all but the most citizen initiative process. view of the November general well-funded groups from get- March 22 Act of 2023.” Lawmakers will to make them feel safe,” Free- ting a question on the ballot. “More restrictive stuff can election results found only Beginning of Ramadan be tasked with adding more man said. Caldwell, who introduced only hurt our voter engage- two instances where the audit substantive language before What about Democrats? similar legislation in 2021, ment,” Henson said. “And if totals slightly differed from House and Senate Demo- you look at the 2020 election, the certified results. crats have proposed eliminat- said the narrow passage of we were already ranked 50th.” the bills are considered. Legislative committees the Medicaid expansion ques- “Oklahoma has one of ing the state's straight-party April will begin taking up bills af- voting option, expanding ear- tion in 2020 and constituent What Election Security the most accurate and secure ter Feb. 6, when the session Measures are Currently in voting systems in the entire April Fool's Day ly voting hours and setting an concerns prompted him to file begins. Bills face a March 2 Place? world,” State Election Board deadline to advance out com- end-of-year deadline for the HJR 1031. He said the pro- ‘The Oklahoma State Elec- Secretary Paul Ziriax said ina state to launch online voter posal would align state ques- mittee in their chamber of registration fully. tions with school bond pro- tion Board points to numer- press conference last Novem- April2 origin. ous safeguards, including a ber. Here are some questions ‘The proposals face steep posals, which require at least Palm Sunday and answers regarding the odds in the Republican-con- 60% approval from voters to trolled Legislature. Just a pass. election bills and how similar “Just a few votes, rela- proposals fared in recent leg- dozen bills with Democrats as the original lead author tively speaking, here or there Mildred Ivey islative sessions. can totally and drastically April 5 What —Election-Related were signed into law last year. Mildred Joyce Ivey, 88, of change the direction of the Passover Bills Have Republicans or voting. None were related to elections state's budget,” said Caldwell, Hammon, Oklahoma was born Filed? on July 13, 1934 in Strong Rep. Andy Fugate, D-Okla- who was first elected in 2014 City, Oklahoma, She is the Republicans, who hold a and received 70.8% of votes supermajority in both the homa City, introduced five daughter of Floyd and Bonnie April 7 House and Senate, have in- election bills before the Jan. in 2022. “I think that should (Moore) Malson. She went to troduced at least 80 election- 19 filing deadline. Among be left up to the people to get be with her Lord and Savior on Good Friday related bills. them are measures requir- to decide that this is so much Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at Approximately a dozen ing political parties who hold of a priority that we want to Roger Mills Memorial Hospital measures propose additional closed primaries to reimburse redirect resources from pot in Cheyenne, Oklahoma sur- A to pot B or understand an April 9 requirements or restrictions, the state for election costs rounded by her family. including eliminating _no- and subject unopposed state outcome might be an increase Joyce spent her childhood Easter excuse absentee voting and Jawmakers to a retention elec- in taxes. But that message be- and school years growing up forbidding the State Election tion, similar to what state comes a lot clearer when you on the family farm with her Board from joining multi- Supreme Court justices face increase that threshold.” siblings in the Spring Creek of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, every six years, with a yes- Caldwell said he could be community. She attended Kyle Ivey and his wife, Angie May 27 state voter-list maintenance no vote. Nearly 70% of state open to changing parts of organizations. the bill, such as including a Spring Creek School through of Hammon, Oklahoma; nine House and Senate races up for G&S Promotions Gun Another category of pro- re-election in 2022 were de- minimum dollar threshold or the seventh grade and then grandchildren, Kayne Ivey and posals seeks to exempt the modifying the 60% vote re- transferred to Hammon School his wife, Camille, Cole Ivey and Show, Elk City Convention state from following federal cided ahead of the November when they consolidated. Joyce his wife, Miriam, Lance Ivey midterm election. quirement. election laws in non-federal graduated Hammon High and his wife, Bethany, Drew Center. elections and mandate state Fugate, who himself ran Hardin, whose district School, Hammon, Oklahoma officials to report any elec- unopposed for House District covers a stretch of far north- Ivey and his wife, Danielle, Clay and attended S.W.A.G. College tion or voting-related contact 94 last year, said he hopes to east Oklahoma along the Ar- Ivey and his wife, Kim, Katelyn in Waxahachie, Texas and later May 28 from the U.S. Department of spark a conversation on de- kansas border, said he intro- Shepherd and her husband, Ri- received degrees in Elemen- ley, Justice. mocracy issues. duced HJR 1031 to give rural tary Education and Master of Korbin Ivey and his wife, G&S Promotions Gun Two bills seek to increase “I continue to see people, Oklahomans a better under- Education from Southwestern Jenna, Josie Ivey and Graham pay and strengthen legal not just in my district but standing and greater input State College in Weatherford, Ivey; and twenty-one loving Show, Elk City Convention protections for precinct offi- in other places where I talk on what reaches the ballot. Oklahoma. great grandchildren, Brent, cials. Senate Bill 290 by War- about these challenges, who He said petition organizers Madeline, Kayle, Cleat, Justen, Center. are nodding their heads,” said have approached him outside She married her best friend ren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, and sweetheart, Wayne Ivey on Coy, Ella, Lani, Dakota, Dixon, Fugate, who serves as House of retailers in Oklahoma City would increase daily compen- but never in his hometown of June 18, 1954 in Hammon, Dallas, Lola, Kree, Durham, sation for clerks and judges Democratic Floor Leader. “I'm Stilwell. Oklahoma. They met while Bo, Catchem, Kenner, Oaklyn, Do you have an event or from $100 to $200 per day. convinced whether it’s this attending a college class and a Dawsyn, Kutler and Rhyen; Inspectors, who act as the year or next year or 10 years “Tt would put a lot more ef- friendship quickly started that three sisters, Helen Whitford, something else you would from now long after I'm out fort into a state question, but lead official at their precinct, of the Legislature, people will it's something I think rural would last over sixty-seven JoAnn Jones and her husband, would receive $225 per day, her in death Donald, Carolyn Harris and her years. He preceded like to share with the com- up from $110. see the light and think differ- people would definitely ben- ently.” efit from,” said Hardin, who on January 25, 2022. husband, Lonnie; one brother, munity in the Round Town Senate Bill 481 by Dave How Could Oklahoma’s was elected to House District Her teaching career in Roy Malson and his wife, Sha- Rader, R-Tulsa, would classify duded Dallas, Texas, Putnam, ron; two sisters-in-law, JoJuan Initiative Petition Process 86 in 2018 and ran uncontest- Calendar? intimidating or threatening Leedey and Hammon where she an election official as a felony Change? ed in 2022. “And hopefully it Watson, and Phabrice Scheid]; Email the information At least five Republican- could get people more inter- taught Fifth Grade for twenty- two brothers-in-law, Mor- offense. ested in what's going on with one years. She also served as ris Ivey and his wife, Margo, Tulsa County Election led joint resolutions propose a pastor's wife during Wayne's and Ronnie Ivey and his Wife, for the event to elkci- Board Secretary Gwen Free- adding additional restrictions their local state government.” or requirements for citizen What Election Laws Have years of ministry. Joyce was a Mona; as well as her nieces, man said she has noticed an [email protected] initiative petitions to reach Oklahoma Lawmakers Passed member of the Hammon Com- nephews, an many other rela- increase in precinct officials’ munity Fellowship Church. Her the ballot or increasing the in Recent Years? tives and friends. margin necessary for an ini- Unlike Republican-led life was always centered around Joyce was preceded in her family her faith, and her death by her husband, Wayne “ElkCituNews tiative to pass. Examples in- states such as Texas, Georgia clude: and Iowa, Oklahoma lawmak- friends. Her greatest pleasure Ivey; and her parents, Floyd Raising the threshold for ers have not enacted sweep- was when she spent time with and Bonnie Malson and her sis- state questions to pass from ing voting restrictions in re- her family and friends. ter, Marg Allen. a simple majority to 66%, cent years. Funeral Services will be held Memorials can be made (USPS # 173-020) and limiting state questions The Legislature in 2021 10:00 am., Monday, Febru- to the Community Fellowship to odd-numbered years. (Sen- passeda bipartisan bill adding ary 6, 2023 at the Community Church, Hammon, Oklahoma Is published twice weekly by Beckham County Media, LLC ate Joint Resolution 5 by Sen. an additional early in-person Fellowship Church, Hammon, or Light Your World, Oklahoma 109 W. Broadway, El Ik City, OK 73644-4736 Warren Hamilton, R-McCur- voting day on the Wednesday Oklahoma. Dolan Ivey and Periodicals Postage Paid at Elk City, OK 73644 tain) preceding a general election. Kurtis Ivey will officiate. Inter- City, Oklahoma in care of Mar- ment will be at Red Hill Cem- tin-Dugger Funeral Home, BO. Requiring initiative peti- Last year, 14 election-related Box 707, Elk City, Oklahoma POSTMASTEI Send address changes to PO Box 964, ty. OK 73648 tions to receive a percentage bills, including measures re- etery, Hammon, Oklahoma. 73648. of signatures from citizens stricting the use of private Services have been entrusted to We invite you to leave a in every county in the state. funds in elections and autho- the care of Richard and Tammy SUBSCRIPTIONS Josh Umholtz....Publisher (House Joint Resolution 1027 rizing criminal investigations message of condolence, expres Dugger and the staff of Martin- Deliverd by mail: Sheryl Ponce... Staff Writer by Rep. David Hardin, R-Stil- of residences where 10 or Dugger Funeral Home in Elk sion of sympathy or perhaps $75/yearly well) more registered voters reside, City, Oklahoma. share a memory of Joyce at $650/six months Neva Pyatt...Advertising Director Requiring state questions were signed into law. Cherishing her memory is www.martin-duggerfuneral- No refunds on subscriptions. Zadie Eakins...Advertising Director that propose an increase in The Voting Rights Lab, a five sons, Dorvan Ivey and his home.com. nonprofit organization that wife, Debra of Hammon, Okla- ‘The family would like to D’Ann Brasuell..Production Manager state government expendi- homa, Dolan Ivey and his wife, invite all that cannot attend [email protected] tures to receive at least 60% tracks election legislation na- elkcitynewsadvertsing®@gmail.com Nahka King...CSRDelivery of votes to pass. (House Joint tionwide, rated Oklahoma's Cherylof Hammon, Oklahoma, to watch the service live on ECNclassifieds@ gmail.com Resolution 1031 by Rep. Chad actions on voter access bills in Karl Ivey of Hammon, Oklaho- Martin-Dugger Funeral Home Caldwell, R-Enid) 2022 as mixed. ma, Kurtis Ivey and his wife, Kit Website. Because these measures Stevhanie Henson. vice