06/09/2026
🗣️Today’s guest speaker, Ryan Haynie, is the Vice President for Legal Affairs for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.
🇺🇸 He litigates cases involving free speech and other constitutional rights in both state and federal courts.
🇺🇸 In 2024, Ryan helped develop OCPA’s Judicial Scorecard. Like OCPA’s Legislative Scorecard, it helps to educate Oklahomans on what the third branch of government is doing. The Judicial Scorecard scores Oklahoma’s Supreme Court justices based on how they conform to the rule of law, separation of powers, and sound textual interpretation.
🇺🇸Today, he spoke to our club regarding State Question 832.
🇺🇸 “Because counties, municipalities, and school districts are not excluded, a fiscal impact on the State will result, possibly necessitating a revenue increase by new taxes or elimination of existing services,” the ballot language for SQ 832 declares.
🇺🇸 In a May 17 column in The Lawton Constitution, J.J. Francais, mayor of Elgin, called SQ 832 a “nuclear disaster disguised as humanitarian aid.”
🇺🇸 More than 100 state lawmakers, including House Speaker Kyle Hilbert and Senate President Pro Tempore Lonnie Paxton, recently released a letter urging voters to oppose State Question 832.
🇺🇸 State Sen. Adam Pugh, an Edmond Republican who chairs the Senate Education Committee, told Oklahoma Voice that SQ 832 will be an “unfunded mandate” for public schools.
📆Election: Tuesday, June 16
