MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Oklahoma, Eastern), published as received.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – Christopher J. Wilson, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) and District Election Officer (DEO) T. Cameron McEwen will lead the Eastern District’s efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s comprehensive strategy today to oversee federal voting protections and investigate potential election fraud for the upcoming November 3, 2026, statewide General Election.

In consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington, AUSA McEwen will oversee all district responses to election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud for the Eastern District, comprising twenty-six counties in Eastern, Southeastern, and Southcentral Oklahoma including Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Wagoner Counties.

The Department of Justice has an important role in deterring and combating discrimination and intimidation at the polls, threats of violence directed at election officials and poll workers, and election fraud.  The Department will address these violations wherever they occur.  The Department’s longstanding Election Day Program furthers these goals and seeks to ensure public confidence in the electoral process by providing local points of contact within the Department for the public to report possible federal election law violations.

Federal law protects against such crimes as threatening violence against election officials or staff, intimidating or bribing voters, buying and selling votes, impersonating voters, altering vote tallies, stuffing ballot boxes, and marking ballots for voters against their wishes or without their input.  It also contains special protections for the rights of voters, and provides that they can vote free from interference, including intimidation, and other acts designed to prevent or discourage people from voting or voting for the candidate of their choice.  The Voting Rights Act protects the right of voters to mark their own ballot or to be assisted by a person of their choice.

“The right and ability to vote is the cornerstone of our American democracy,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson.  “We all must ensure that those entitled to participate in the election process can exercise that right if they choose, and those who seek to corrupt it are held accountable.  In order to respond to complaints of voting rights concerns and election fraud during the upcoming election, and to ensure such complaints are directed to the appropriate authorities, AUSA McEwen will be on duty in this District while the polls are open.  He can be reached by calling 918-684-5174.”

In addition, the FBI will have special agents available in each field office and resident agency throughout the country to receive allegations of election fraud and other election abuses on election day.  The FBI National Threat Operations Center can be reached by the public at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).

Complaints about possible violations of the federal voting rights laws can be made directly to the Civil Rights Division in Washington, DC, by phone at 1-800-253-3931 or by complaint form at https://civilrights.justice.gov/.

Please note: if you experience violence or intimidation at the polls, please call 911 immediately before contacting federal authorities.