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News January 24, 2024 The Elk City News - 7 SWOSU Students Named to Fall 2023 Semester Honor Rolls ‘The President's Honor Roll and Waggoner Baylee E Roll Alexander Ruth Sayre O K Elk City OK ElkCityOK President Dean's Honor Roll at South- Canute OK Dean Honor Cloud Nikelas Dawson E1k Dean Honor Roll Dean Honor Roll Honor Roll western Oklahoma State Uni- Roll City OK Dean Honor Milburn Kaitlan R Elk Rhoads Cooper R a y Elliott Brianna Katelyn Elk versity (SWOSU) in Weather- Williams Kyler Roll City OK Dean Honor Sayre OK Dean Honor City OK President ford, Sayre, and Yukon have Keith Canute O K Coslow Kiera Raine Elk Roll Roll Honor Roll been announced for the 2023 Dean Honor Roll City OK Dean Honor Mong Jacey Nicole Elk Boone Kayla Garcia Rossy Elizabeth fall semester, including stu- Dyer Mackenzie Roll City OK Dean Honor Burns Flat o K ElkCityOK President dents from 17 states intheU.S. Catherine Carter OK Crouch Tate D Elk Roll President Honor Roll Honor Roll and 22 countries worldwide. Dean Honor Roll City OK Dean Honor Nevarez Mysty Elisabeth Jones AutumnD a wn Garza Emma McKinley Atwood Justice Caitlin — Roll ElkCity OK Dean Honor Burns Flat o K Elk City OK President ‘There were 680 students on Cordell OK Dean Honor Dickerson Daryan De- Roll President Honor Roll Honor Roll the Dean's Honor Roll after Roll shae ElkCityO K Oakenshield Carlie Mooney Jake Brian Gonzales Leslie completing 12 semester hours Klein Garrin L e e Dean Honor Roll Anna ElkCityO K Burns Flat o K ElkCityOK President of undergraduate work with Cordell OK = Dean Honor Foley _Destinee M Dean Honor Roll President Honor Roll Honor Roll a grade point average of 3.5 Roll Elk City OK Dean Honor Odom Railee Jade Elk Powers Darren J Hester Landon Matthew or higher with no grade lower Maddox Joseph D a l e Roll City OK Dean Honor Burns Flat fe) K ElkCityOK President thana“C” Cordell OK Dean Honor Frazier Lexie Raye Elk Roll President Honor Roll Honor Roll Roll City OK Dean Honor Olaveson Mika Ni- Harrell Karlee Ann Ca- Hicks AddysonGrace Elk To qualify for the President's Miller Dakota J ac e Roll cole ElkCityO -K mute OK President City OK President Honor Roll, an undergradu- Cordell OK Dean Honor Hollan JenniferDawn Elk Dean Honor Roll Honor Roll Honor Roll ate student must earn all “A’s Roll City OK Dean Honor Pena Drake Andy Elk Harris Kimberly Ann Howell Emily Jeanne Elk in 12 or more hours during a Reimer Olivia Elaine Roll City OK Dean Honor Canute OK President City OK President semester. There were 697 stu- Cordell OK Dean Honor Holley Paynen Kenzie Elk Roll Honor Roll Honor Roll dents named to the President's Roll City OK Dean Honor Price Mason Alan Elk Jacks Parker James Ca- LeGrandAndrea Lee Elk Honor Roll during the summer Selman Ryan S$ hae Roll City OK Dean Honor nute OK President City OK President semester. Cordell OK Dean Honor Hufford Autumn F Elk Roll Honor Roll Honor Roll Bartlett Kimberly Roll City OK Dean Honor Pryor Rodney C Elk Janning Tyler Joseph Ca- Lowrance Jocelyn M Dawn Burns Flat OK Sullivan VanessaNicole Roll City OK Dean Honor nute OK President Elk City OK President Dean Honor Roll Cordell OK Dean Honor Hust — Markus Elk Roll Honor Roll Honor Roll Estes Jake Alan Ca- Roll City OK Dean Honor Rainey Allison Tate Elk Maddox Colby Mason Ca- Murphy Brooke Nicole Elk nute OK Dean Honor Newton Jordan Taylor Dill Roll City OK Dean Honor nute OK President City OK President Roll City OK Dean Honor Kowing Trey Daniel Elk Roll Honor Roll Honor Roll Frederick Baylee Ma- Roll City OK Dean Honor Raulston Makinly De- Wilson Chelsea NachelleC a- Oster Aimee Rachel Elk shay Canute OK Barela Katy Jo Elk Roll nise ElkCityO K nute OK President City OK President Dean Honor Roll City OK Dean Honor Lawrence Haley Dean Honor Roll Honor Ro Honor Roll Gilbert Jolea K Ca- Roll Katelynn Elk City OK Smith Jarrett D Elk Lewis Gracie Marie Parkhurst Preslie nute OK Dean Honor Buchanan Braxton Dean Honor Roll City OK — Dean Honor Carter OK President Kaelynn Elk CityO -K Roll Allen ElkCityO K Leonard Tara Elk Roll Honor Roll President Honor Roll Henderson —-Kelln._ Van_ Dean Honor Roll City OK Dean Honor Sottile Danni Dee Elk Peeler Kayla Rachelle Sanders Joshlyn Jade Elk City OK Dean Honor Carter OK President Canute OK Dean Honor Church Cooper D Elk Roll City OK President Roll City OK Dean Honor McClinton Bryce Roll Honor Roll Honor Roll Spikes Jaxon Keith Elk lAdkinsGrey Derek City OK Dean Honor Cordell OK President Snowderlsaac Glen Elk City OK President OCPA praises effort to Roll SweeneyAbby City OK Ryan Elk Hougland Dean Honor Paige Cordell Honor Roll Makenzie OK Foss OK Honor Roll Glasgow HeatherM a rie President President Honor Roll ban ranked-choice voting Roll Thompson Matalea Jackson Nathan G Honor Roll Maddox Elk CityO -K Cordell OK President Smith Maggie L e a Dean Honor Roll Honor Roll Foss OK President TwymanKooper Glen Elk Kliewer Abigail R a y Honor Roll OKLAHOMA CITY (January 19, 2024)— all state election machines if ranked-choice vot- Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President City OK Dean Honor Cordell OK President Weese Mykenzee ing were adopted and warned the system would Roll Honor Roll Janae Foss O K Jonathan Small today praised lawmakers for prevent same-day tabulation of results. seeking to ban ranked-choice voting in Okla- “| think the days of knowing the election Watts Addison Paige E1k Perkins Tierra Jordyn President Honor Roll homa, noting that ranked-choice voting under- results on election night would be long gone,” City OK Dean Honor Cordell OK President Ayala Ezequiel Nathaniel Roll Honor Roll Sayre OK President mines public confidence in election outcomes and reduces transparency. Ziriax told lawmakers. Wesley Coleton EIk Wedel McKenna Ra- Honor Roll Officials noted that it took two weeks to de- City OK — Dean Honor chelle Cordell OK Bailey Allison Marie “Everywhere that ranked-choice voting has Sayre OK President been tried, it has caused enormous problems,” termine the outcome of a 2022 statewide elec- Roll President Honor Roll tion conducted in Alaska using ranked-choice Wilhelm BrendanDee Elk Wilhelm Rece Levi Honor Roll Small said. “With ranked-choice voting, hand recounts become impossible, election results voting, The state of Alaska had implemented City OK Dean Honor Cordell OK President Barker Janae Evelyn ranked-choice voting following the narrow Roll Honor Roll Sayre OK President may not be known for weeks, and ballots be- Wilkins KennethDwayne E 1k Kilhoffer John Honor Roll come increasingly lengthy and confusing. Okla- passage of a referendum, but public backlash homa already has one of the best, and most quickly resulted. A referendum to repeal Alas- City OK Dean Honor DillCityOK President Easter Jennie L Roll Honor Roll Sayre OK President transparent, election systems in the nation. ka’s ranked-choice voting system is underway We don’t need to ‘fix’ our system, especially not and state lawmakers have also advanced a bill Word KamrynJean Elk Anderson Dylan Honor Roll with a half-baked idea like ranked-choice vot- to repeal the system. City OK Dean Honor Noah ElkCityO K Howell Alicia Lanier As of today, at least two Oklahoma lawmak- Roll President Honor Roll Sayre OK President ing. Honor Roll Xenos Max AnthonyE 1k Brown Chase Alexander Currently in Oklahoma general elections, ers have filed legislation to protect voters from City OK Dean Honor ElkCityOK President Noble MakaylaAn alee the person who receives the most votes wins. In the problems caused by ranked-choice voting Roll Honor Roll Sayre OK President Oklahoma primaries, a runoff election is held systems. Hardaway Boone BustillosEduardo Elk Honor Roll between the top two vote-getters if no candi- Senate Bill 1610, by state Sen. Julie Daniels, Riley Foss O K City OK President Parkhurst Raven D date receives majority support. R-Bartlesville, would ban ranked-choice voting Dean Honor Roll Honor Roll Sayre OK President But in a ranked-choice voting system, vot- in Oklahoma. Janning Abby Leann BustillosEdith Elk Honor Roll ers cast ballots to designate their first choice House Bill 3592, by state Rep. Brian Hill, Foss OK Dean Honor City OK President Phillips Mercy A n g e - in a race, their second choice, and so on down R-Mustang, would also make ranked-choice Roll Honor Roll lina Trini Sayre OK the ballot. If no candidate receives majority voting illegal in Oklahoma. Cotts Tony Butcher Grayson Cole Elk President Honor Roll support, the second-choice votes of the can- At least five states have already banned Sayre OK Dean Honor City OK President Rangel Lilyan Grace didate who finishes last are reallocated to the ranked-choice voting: Florida, Tennessee, Ida- Roll Honor Roll Sayre OK President remaining candidates. If no candidate clears 50 Criswell Nichole Walters E1k Honor Roll ho, Montana, and South Dakota. Macumber Kagen percent of the vote at that time, the process re- “L appreciate Senator Daniels and Represen- Jared Sayre O K City OK President Simon Hagen Marie peats again and again until one candidate has Dean Honor Roll Honor Roll Sayre OK President tative Hill for taking on this potential problem received a majority. Mendoza Elizabeth Durossette Michelle Honor Roll and working to nip it in the bud,” Small said. In multi-candidate races, such as primaries, ranked-choice voting ballots can run many pag- “These and any other bills banning ranked- es in length. During a legislative study conduct- choice voting deserve strong support from law- Roger Mills County Cattlemen’s Assoc. ed on the issue in September, an official from makers and the public.” 46th Annual All Breed Bull Sale Alaska warned that the ballot “looks like an ‘The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs pro- engineering chart” and that spoiled ballots be- motes the flourishing of the people of Oklaho- Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 12:15 p.m. come far more common. ma by advancing principles and policies that ROGER MILLS COUNTY (Alternate Date - February 10, 2024) At that same legislative study, Oklaho- support free enterprise, limited government, CATTLEMEN'S ma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax individual initiative, personal responsibility, ASSOCIATION Red Barn Arena warned lawmakers they would have to replace and strong families. 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