It took long enough, but the Oklahoma Ethics Commission finally did the right thing and got the campaign finance tracking system back online.
The commission had changed vendors for the Guardian system, which tracks campaign finance reports and allows public access to the records. The new system ended up being down for months, making a mockery of government transparency.
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