Restore T.R.U.S.T.

OKLAHOMA CITY - The One Oklahoma Coalition issued the following statement today in response to comments made to media this week by the executive director to the state Ethics Commission with regard to a $1.7 million contribution from an out-of-state PAC to the Yes on 744 campaign, which supports State Question 744.
Jeff Wilson, campaign manager to the One Oklahoma Coalition said, “It is not the role of commission staff to act as a judge in determining when to apply and when not to apply state law.
“The ban on out-of-state PAC-to-PAC contributions to state questions was advocated by the Ethics Commission itself, and passed by the Legislature this year, after the Supreme Court ruled in January on the Citizens United v. Federal Ethics Commission. For the commission director to cite this as the reason for choosing to not enforce the PAC-to-PAC ban is disingenuous. I believe she is also exceeding her authority,” said Wilson.
Wilson continued, “The Citizen’s United ruling occurred prior to Marilyn Hughes enforcing the current ban against the Oklahoma-based OPEA PAC less than two weeks ago. Why now is she hiding behind this issue to protect an out-of-state illegal contribution?”
Wilson closed by saing, “We appreciate the stand ethics commissioners took during their last meeting when they upheld the current law. We ask they continue that stance by instructing their staff to enforce uniformly the law and not seek to change the law six weeks out from an election.”