The 2015 Oklahoma Democratic Convention begins today at 6 p.m. Stephens County Democratic Party Chairman, Roger Calger, served on the Rules Committee and will be the Sergeant-at-Arms at this year’s convention.
Other than a few contested votes including the State Chair position Calger says the big push for this convention will be to open up democratic primaries to independent voters.
“The Stephens County Democratic Party has been pushing for and hopes to see the convention vote to open the Democratic primaries to Independent voters,” Calger said. “I think voting rights is one of the clear contrasts between Democrats and Republicans. We want people to vote, we want everyone to vote … Republicans on the other hand are trying to limit voting rights.”
Calger says it will be a fight to get this passed, but several candidates and influential people in the Democratic party, support this decision so there is a good chance it will pass.
“I thought the reception to that would be kind of cold, or at least an uphill battle, but I have actually found now there seems to actually be a pretty strong push for it,” Calger said. “Scott Inman has sent out a letter to everyone pushing for it … I have actually started hearing a lot of good things and it seems like there is a momentum building for it.”
For Calger this is a cut-and-dry issue and he believes it is by far the right thing to do.
The other big vote during the convention will be the one for State Chair, which is hotly contested between Mark Hammond and Dana Orwig.
“Mark Hammond has emerged as what I would call the candidate of candidates. He’s got a lot of support and endorsements from people running for office and holding office. Dana Orwig is someone who has been involved in the party for a while and she is the Vice-Chair,” Calger said. “I think both of them are very qualified
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