Lawton, OK – According to the statement, the Task Force studied Oklahoma’s ethics regulations and election administration, gathering data, reviewing case law, and conducting interviews to determine what changes are necessary to ensure the state’s elections are secure.
The Task Force recommends the Legislature, Election Board, and the Ethics Commission adopt a number of actions relating to elections, ethics, and independent expenditures, summarized below:
- Although the Election Board orders a post-election audit of at least one race in every county to verify accuracy of the results, the Task Force recommends amending state statute to mandate the random post-election audits.
- Banning ranked-choice voting.
- Ensure efficient protections by regulating the use of artificial intelligence.
- Modifying contribution limits to candidates, parties, PACs, and non-corporate entities to combat spending advantages held by independent expenditures, and increasing the individual contributing reporting requirement from $50 to $200.
- Banning foreign expenditures and adding additional disclosure requirements to independent expenditure filings.
- Partnering with tribes to increase communication and cooperation to resolve election crimes and campaign finance violations.
