2024 OKLAHOMA VOTER GUIDE
1.Voter Registration
Deadline to Register/Update: October 11, 2024
2. Check Your Registration
Why check your registration? Your address is where election officials send notices, application forms to receive your ballot in the mail, and more. Additionally, poll workers will check if the address on your voter registration matches the address on your ID at the polls.
Check Your Registration Online
Update Your Registration Online
Checklist:
- Is your name spelled correctly? (Correct hyphenations, middle initials, etc)
- Correct Address
- Active Voter Status (if not update by sending in another online/mail voter application)
- Correct Date of Birth
- Correct Political Party Preference
- Take a time-stamped photograph or screenshot of your registration, and take it with you to the polls as proof of your registration.
3. Voter ID Law
Source: Ballotpedia
Oklahoma requires voters to present identification while voting.
Valid forms of identification include government-issued photo IDs and county election board voter identification cards (which do not include photographs).
Voters can present a document issued by the United States government, the State of Oklahoma, or a federally recognized tribal government. The document must include the following information:
- Name
- Photograph
- Expiration date that is after the date of the election
4. Order Your Absentee Mail Ballot
Deadline to apply for Absentee Mail Ballot: Must be received by 5:00 PM on October 21, 2024
We recommend requesting your absentee mail ballot as soon as possible and well in advance of this deadline in order to ensure that you receive your ballot in time.
- IMPORTANT: State law requires certain voters to confirm their address before submitting a request for absentee ballots. If you are an inactive voter, OR have been identified by the National Change of Address as having moved, OR have an invalid address for mailing by the United States Postal Service (USPS), OR have had a Voter ID card returned as undeliverable, you will need to complete a Confirm Address for Absentee Ballot form and submit it with your absentee ballot request.
Request Absentee Mail Ballot Online
Track Absentee Mail Ballot Online
You may deliver your mail-in ballot by hand to your county election board during regular business hours. Find your county election board here: https://www.ok.gov/elections/About_Us/County_Election_Boards/
Deadline to return Absentee Mail Ballot: Must be received by 7:00 PM on November 5, 2024
5. Early Voting Information
Early voting is available from October 30 – November 2, 2024.
- You must vote in the county where you are registered. Find your early voting polling place here: https://hosting.okelections.gov/earlyvote.html
- You can vote early in your county at your designated early voting location from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday preceding an election. Early voting is also available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding the election.
For more information regarding federal, state and local elections contact your state election official online: For https://www.ok.gov/elections/Early_Voting.html or call the Oklahoma State Election Board 405.521.2391.
6. Become a Poll Worker!
Poll workers must be 18 years old or over, and a registered voter in their county.
To sign-up, contact your local County Board of Elections: https://oklahoma.gov/elections/volunteer/poll-worker-opportunities.html