Election Day Security A Top Priority In Tulsa County

Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado said Monday that while past problems have been few with election day security, his department was taking no chances with the vote on November 5th.

“The citizens of Tulsa can rest assured that law enforcement is doing everything possible to secure their election day voting,” he said, during a news conference with Tulsa Police and the Tulsa County Election Board.

“We've had our intel units watching social media and we'll be ready for anything that does occur,” said TPD Chief Dennis Larsen, after Board Secretary Gwen Freeman noted her office is getting calls about mis-information from voters.

“It falls on me to alert you to increasing false and misleading information spreading online. As we lead up to the final days of the election, please don't fall for this,” she said.

Early voting starts Wednesday, building up to what election officials predict will be a record turnout, in part because Tulsa has more registered voters than ever - topping 400,000 last week.

County Commissioner Stan Sallee said the County had met with City officials and Police Chiefs from throughout the County to ensure a coordinated security plan for voters, and poll workers.

“We want to be clear, there is zero tolerance for threats or acts of intimidation against our election workers, or members of the public.”