League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa

Mission

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Please click any underlined links to visit content below:

- Voter Registration Form

- How do I contact my State Election Board

- How do I find my Representative

- How do I contact my Elected Official

^{Voting is as easy as
1-2-3!}

^{Get Ready to
Vote

^{You can pick up a voters
registration form at the Tulsa County Election Board, any tag agency,
public libraries, post offices and the State Election Board. You also may
download a voter registration application form from the State Election Board’s
website: http://www.ok.gov/elections/}

If you have moved to a new address, changed your name or want to change your
political party, you must fill out a new voter registration form.
When you register to vote, you can join a
political
party. A political party is a group of people who share
the same ideas about how the government should be run and what it should do.
They work together to win elections. You may also choose not to join a party and
check the "No Party" option. Because Oklahoma has a closed primary system, you
may vote in a primary only in the party you have chosen, and may not vote at all
in primary elections if you do not choose a party.

Those who have been convicted of a felony will be
able to vote again when pardoned or after the time of
their original sentence has
passed.}
To learn more about the election, here are two sources of nonpartisan (unbiased) information.

The League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa Voter Guide will be distributed beginning August 20 in public libraries or call the LWVMT office at 747-7933. It is also be posted on this website.

The Tulsa World includes an informative voter guide in their Sunday paper on the Sunday preceding general elections.

VOTE!

You can vote in person at your polling place for the precinct in which you live. 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 7 a.m. on election day and remain open until 7 p.m. If you are in line by 7 p.m. you will be able to vote.

When you go to your polling place, poll workers will ask your name and political affiliation, find your name in the precinct registry and ask you to sign it, give you a ballot and a pen, and direct you to a voting booth. After you mark your ballot, put it in the voting device and leave the polling place.

If you are a new registered voter in the county, you • may be asked for identification the first time you vote. You may show:

Your driver’s license or any other photo ID;

The voter identification card you received by mail from ○○the County Election Board when you registered to vote;

A copy of a paycheck, utility bill, or bank statement;

Or a copy of a government check or other government ○○document

If you don’t have any identification with you, you still ○○may vote a provisional ballot which will be counted after your identity is proven.

^{You may vote in person at the county election board office, 555 North Denver, on the Friday
and Monday before each election from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m.}

^{You may
also vote absentee. Apply for an absentee ballot in writing using either the form
which you may download from the State Election Board’s website or pick up a form
at the Tulsa County Election Board. When you receive your absentee ballot, fill
it out and mail it back in to arrive by at least 7 p.m. on election day.
Unless you are ill or incapacitated, you must have an absentee ballot notarized
by a notary public who will not charge for this
service.}

^{Make
sure to check your ballot after marking it. If you make a mistake on your ballot, you can
get a new one.}

How can I Absentee Vote?

Absentee voting is an easy and convenient way for citizens to exercise their right to vote. Any registered voter in Oklahoma may vote by absentee ballot. It is not necessary to give a reason for voting absentee. It is imperative that people apply well before an election to assure that the County Board has time to process the application and mail specific ballots prior to an election.

Applications for absentee ballots must be made in writing, either on an application form (available from the County Election Board, State Election Board, some Election Board websites, and the LWV Office) or by a letter to the County Election Board. The letter must contain the following information: name, birth date, political affiliation, registration address, the election or elections for which you are requesting ballots, the address where the ballots should be mailed, and your signature. If you are applying for a municipal or school board election, you must include your municipal district or school district.

The local County Election Board is required to mail ballots for the requested elections to the voter. The affidavit envelope must be notarized, or witnessed by two persons (if the voter is physically incapacitated). The voted ballots must be returned by mail to the County Election Board, allowing several days for delivery and must be received prior to 7 PM on election day in order to be counted. Voters may cast an absentee ballot in person at the County Election Board office before every election. Voting is conducted between 8 AM and 6 PM on the Friday and Monday before every election. In federal and state elections, Early In-Person Voting is also conducted on Saturday between 8 AM and 1 PM before National Elections.

Information on special laws pertaining to voter assistance, absentee balloting for the physically disabled and emergency absentee balloting is available at all County Election Boards.

Oklahoma Absentee Ballot

- Please call the Tulsa County Election Board at (918) 596.5780 with additional questions.