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Elections in Oklahoma are always held on Tuesdays. County, state, and federal elections are held in even-numbered years.
• Presidential Primaries are held on the first Tuesday in February in presidential election years.
• The Primary Election is held on the last Tuesday in July.
• The Runoff Primary is held on the fourth Tuesday in August.
• The General Election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
• Statewide filing period is held the first Monday in June through the next succeeding Wednesday in even-numbered years.
If you are registered to vote in Oklahoma, you may vote in any election for which you are eligible, including:
• school district elections
• municipal elections
• county elections
• state elections
• federal elections
You may vote in a school district election only if you are registered and reside at an address within the geographical boundaries of the district.
You may vote in a municipal election only if you are registered and reside at an address within the geographical boundaries of the municipality.
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All voters vote at the polling place for the precinct in which you are registered. A precinct is a voting district established by your county election board. The name of your polling place is on your voter identification card.
The polls open at 7am on election day and remain open until 7pm. All voters in line to vote at 7pm will be allowed to vote.
When you go to your polling place, poll workers will:
• Find your name in the precinct registry
• Tell you to sign the precinct registry
• Give you a ballot and a pen
• Direct you to a voting booth
After you mark your ballot, put it in the voting device and leave the polling place.
If you make a mistake when you mark your ballot, don't try to correct it. Instead, take it back to the poll workers and tell them you made a mistake. If you received more than one ballot, and you marked all the others correctly, put the correct ballots in the voting device. The poll worker will tear up your spoiled ballot and then give you a new one. After you have marked it, put it in the voting device.
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Oklahoma has a "closed primary" system. If you register to vote in a political party, you may vote only for that party's candidates in party primary elections.
If you do not register in a political party (by choosing the "No Party" option on the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form), you may not vote in party primaries.
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Every county in Oklahoma uses electronic, optical-scanning vote counting devices at the precinct polling places. Voters mark the ballot by filling in the arrow beside a candidate's name. The voting device reads and counts the ballot when it is inserted in the voting device.
The voting device detects some common mistakes voters make when marking their ballots. For example, if a voter marks arrows for more than one candidate in the same race, the voting device "sees" this error and returns the ballot to the voter. The voting device also prints a message that explains why the ballot was returned. The voter then can get a new ballot to mark again so that all his or her votes count.
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People who conduct exit polls sometimes approach voters as they leave the polling place. Exit polls are unofficial surveys of voters usually conducted by news media. Election officials do not conduct exit polls. People who conduct exit polls within 300 feet of the ballot box must display identification. Participation in exit polls is voluntary.