Turnout excuse doesn’t hold water

In a statewide election, Oklahoma voters strongly rejected State Question 832, which would have dramatically increased the minimum wage in perpetuity, by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent.

Now SQ 832 supporters are blaming their loss on the vote being held in June. That’s nonsense.

There were 630,488 votes cast in the SQ 832 race. That’s far more than the 297,426 votes cast in the June 2024 prima…