"Direct Democracy" was first aired on Sunday July 30th 2006. Our Guest was Patrick McGuiggan, Deputy Commissioner, Oklahoma Department of Labor. Our topics included:- What is direct democracy
- What got him interested in the initiative and referendum work
- How Oklahoma compares with other states in use of the initiative
- Reasons initiative is used rather than the elected representative
- Type of issues involved and why
- Success rate at the election of the initiative matter, is its use increasing or decreasing
- Draw backs to direct democracy
Patrick McGuiggan, Robert McCampbell, Kent Meyers
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