Oklahoma Civics: How Your State Government Works

by bam

A practical, non-partisan guide to how the state of Oklahoma governs itself, and how you take part where you live. Oklahoma has several distinctive features: it is one of only TWO states (with Texas) that has two separate highest courts: a civil Supreme Court and a Court of Criminal Appeals; it elects an unusually large slate of statewide officials; and its history as 'Indian Territory' means sovereign tribal nations are central to its civic landscape (underscored by the 2020 McGirt decision). You'll learn Oklahoma's Constitution of 1907, its large plural executive, its Legislature of 48 senators and 101 representatives, its strong direct democracy, its merit-selection appellate judiciary, and its 77 counties. Time-sensitive facts are flagged, pointing to elections.ok.gov. Cited to Oklahoma's own official sources (oklegislature.gov, elections.ok.gov, oscn.net).