This was originally intended to be a three part series but it will be more that that! Here’s the plan.
Part II – OKGOP Platform and Resolutions (this article)
Part III – Problems with the Oklahoma Election Board (upcoming)
Part IV – Recommendations for Amending Title 26 (upcoming)
The delegates to the OKGOP State Conventions and the members of the State Committee have overwhelmingly voted for election integrity in the state of Oklahoma, as evidenced in existing OKGOP platform (last update was in 2023) and the recent resolutions passed at the 2024 OKGOP State Convention (which sadly were not widely publicized).
Our platform contains several pages of policy on Federal elections (see pages 19-21) also reprinted below. There is one other very important item in the Constitution section (page 19) which says:
We support the identification of persons as citizens or non-citizens in the census.
Continuing with snaps from the platform of the sections of the OKGOP Platform on Federal and State Elections:
So the platform itself covers a lot of ground and clearly the OKGOP is on the side of Election Integrity IF one looks at the platform. In addition to the platform, a number of resolutions on Election Integrity were passed at the 2024 OKGOP state convention. The people at that convention overwhelmingly passed these following resolutions:
RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH ALL OUTSIDE MONEY IN OKLAHOMA ELECTIONS
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party calls upon the officials of the state of Oklahoma to do their duty to uphold their oaths to the Constitution and abolish all outside money coming into Oklahoma for any use of any kind in our elections, and to rely only on money that originates from within the state and its citizens to conduct our elections, and return to the complete Constitutional governance of this state as they freely agreed to upon taking their oaths of office.
RESOLUTION TO AUDIT THE STATE ELECTION BOARD
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Oklahoma created, under direction of the People of Oklahoma in the State Constitution, the State Election Board;
WHEREAS, It is our duty as the People and citizens of Oklahoma to oversee our Legislature and direct our Legislature to perform necessary oversight of the offices they create;
WHEREAS, The Legislature has the obligation for oversight of the State Election Board; WHEREAS, The State Election Board is not required to file a public audit or report of their yearly
expenditures;
WHEREAS, Our elections have been wrought with problems over the past several years, including voter roll problems, data anomalies, machine breakdowns and old software, as well as fewer precinct polling locations being opened in response to increased voter turnout, and given a lack of appropriate attention to the problems listed above by the State Election Board; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party calls upon our Legislature and State Auditor to investigate and audit the Office of the State Election Board in its entirety, including the office of the State Secretary, all County Election Boards offices, all financial records, and any and all records pertaining to the conduct of elections in Oklahoma, and any correspondence of the State Election Board with the County Election Boards for the past 16 years, and recommend action, if necessary, to correct any and all problems uncovered in such an audit, including referrals for any criminal activity which may be uncovered, or civil violations of law; and
RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party calls upon the Legislature and the State Auditor to publicly disclose their findings to the People of Oklahoma within the next 12 months, and to designate the funds and personnel to conduct such audits out of the reported state surplus in the budget or make such funds available from the appropriate state account.
RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR RE-REGISTRATION OF ALL OKLAHOMANS TO VOTE
WHEREAS, The right to vote is an inherent right for all citizens of the United States;
WHEREAS, Election or voter fraud disenfranchises all citizens;
WHEREAS, Oklahoma’s voter rolls are bloated irreconcilably with invalid voter registrations of all types that violate Title 26 of Oklahoma’s Election Code;
WHEREAS, Only Oklahoma citizens can vote in our elections and must be registered to vote through the State Election Board; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party calls upon the Legislature to pass, intact, language identical to HB3677 of the 2022 regular legislative session, authored by Representative Sean Roberts (R-Hominy), which calls for the State Election Board to immediately archive the current voter rolls of Oklahoma and re-register all Oklahomans to vote, issuing a new voter ID card to all legal and valid residents of Oklahoma who request a new registration card. All identification used to request a new ID card MUST be verified as legitimate by the State Election Board and the information on the registration application checked against the information on file for the applicant stored by the pertinent state or government agency.
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ELECTION INTEGRITY AND VOTING MEASURES
WHEREAS, Election integrity measures are essential for the continuation of Liberty;
WHEREAS, Sufficient evidence has been presented that electronic voting machines are not secure;
WHEREAS, County Election Boards in the State of Oklahoma resist and in some cases refuse to provide requested cast voter records to the citizens of their respected counties;
WHEREAS, The graphic representation of the data from the 2020 presidential elections nationwide which reported Mr. Joseph Biden received more votes than Mr. Donald J. Trump was identical to the graphic representation of the data from the Oklahoma 2020 presidential election results in which Mr. Donald J. Trump received more votes in all 77 counties;
WHEREAS, The graphic representation of Oklahoma election data from the 2020 elections demonstrated multiple candidate races across our state revealed nearly identical election result patterns across the broad spectrum of candidate races which indicates there was programming manipulation of Oklahoma voting data during the 2020 General Elections;
WHEREAS, Sufficient evidence demonstrates hand counted paper ballots are the most effective method to secure Oklahoma’s elections;
WHEREAS, Smaller voter precinct areas across Oklahoma will facilitate more accurate election tabulations and results from hand counted paper ballots;
WHEREAS, Tulsa and Oklahoma Counties are the only counties in the state that do not record early and absentee voting by precinct, but record these votes by the “999” designation. Cleveland County, our third largest county with 105 precincts, is able to record early voting and absentee voting by precinct; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party instructs The Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation banning electronic voting equipment in all Oklahoma public elections; and
RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party instructs The Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to implement public voting during statewide, county, and local elections in Oklahoma using paper ballots and hand counting only; and
RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party instructs The Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation supporting assigning all ballots to their rightful precinct regardless of how they are cast and extremely stringent rules around the issuance of absentee ballots and the counting of said ballots; and
RESOLVED, That the Oklahoma Republican Party instructs The Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation supporting numerous other election integrity and security measures including single day voting, the requirement of state issued voter ID that includes a photo of the voter, and the announcement of all results as soon as possible.
There is clearly overwhelming support for making sure that our elections in Oklahoma have integrity and that we should take all steps necessary to ensure that outcomes are accurate.
It will take all of us to accomplish that task. We must be ever vigilant! If you see something out of line, please deal with it on the spot. Call the state election board and ask for an official to be sent to wherever the help is needed to resolve the matter immediately. Document the incident and report it making sure it is truly resolved at the time and ongoing!
Original content OKGrassroots.com
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