NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date May 31, 2016
CONTACT: State Election Board PIO Bryan Dean, (405) 522-6624 bdean@elections.ok.gov
Voter registration deadline for State Primary Election approaches
(Oklahoma City) – The deadline to register for the June 28 State Primary Election is fast approaching, Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said Tuesday.
Voters have until Friday, June 3 to register to vote, change their address or update other registration information before the Statewide Primary.
Voter registration forms, used to change any registration information, can be downloaded from the Oklahoma State Election Board’s website at http://elections.ok.gov. They are also available at county election boards, post offices, tag agencies, libraries and some other public locations.
Voters must either register in person or mail their registration forms and have them postmarked before the deadline.
The State Primary Election will allow voters to pick the nominees for various federal, state and county offices for November’s General Election. In primary races with more than two candidates where no one receives a majority of the votes, runoffs will be held Aug. 23.
Oklahoma’s primary system is typically closed, meaning only those registered in the party can vote in the party’s elections. But the law allows recognized parties to notify the State Election Board if they would like to let Independents vote in their primaries. Democrats and Libertarians have chosen to allow Independents to vote in their primaries and runoff primaries in 2016 and 2017. Independents cannot vote in Republican primaries.
Independent voters who want to vote a Democratic or Libertarian ballot will be able to request one at their polling location or by indicating they would like to receive such ballots via mail when they make an absentee ballot request. Independents can only vote in one party’s primary.
Voters can check their party affiliation, polling place and other registration information, view a sample ballot and track absentee ballots using the Online Voter Tool on the State Election Board’s website. It can be accessed at http://elections.ok.gov.
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