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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1797331" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>Assuming this is the part you weren't sure what it meant...</p><p></p><p>There are two ways to have a political gaming vote on a bill - striking the title (that summary paragraph at the very top that says "Amends... Adds new law..."), or striking the enacting clause ("BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA"). If either of those are missing from a bill, it cannot be accepted by the Governor's office as it is not a legally formatted bill.</p><p></p><p>Why is this political gaming? Because it allows our esteemed friends at the Capitol to take a merely symbolic vote and "truthfully" claim that "we voted to pass it, but the Governor wouldn't accept the bill". The average sheeple will buy that line of bovine excrement because they don't know that the Governor was legally prohibited from even receiving the illegally formatted bill.</p><p></p><p>It could be argued that such votes are unconstitutional under the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, but they already disregard the Constitution with their other proceedings so why expect them to follow the Constitution here?</p><p></p><p>On a side note, ever notice that so many "states' rights" activists focus on relatively minor violations of the federal Constitution while ignoring major violations of their own state's Constitution? Or what about those "states' rights" activists that argue so heavily against incorporation doctrine except in the specific case of the Second Amendment?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1797331, member: 5151"] Assuming this is the part you weren't sure what it meant... There are two ways to have a political gaming vote on a bill - striking the title (that summary paragraph at the very top that says "Amends... Adds new law..."), or striking the enacting clause ("BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA"). If either of those are missing from a bill, it cannot be accepted by the Governor's office as it is not a legally formatted bill. Why is this political gaming? Because it allows our esteemed friends at the Capitol to take a merely symbolic vote and "truthfully" claim that "we voted to pass it, but the Governor wouldn't accept the bill". The average sheeple will buy that line of bovine excrement because they don't know that the Governor was legally prohibited from even receiving the illegally formatted bill. It could be argued that such votes are unconstitutional under the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, but they already disregard the Constitution with their other proceedings so why expect them to follow the Constitution here? On a side note, ever notice that so many "states' rights" activists focus on relatively minor violations of the federal Constitution while ignoring major violations of their own state's Constitution? Or what about those "states' rights" activists that argue so heavily against incorporation doctrine except in the specific case of the Second Amendment? [/QUOTE]
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