VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE

You may submit your voter registration application form at any time. However, voter identification cards cannot be issued during the 24 days prior to an election. If your registration application is received by the County Election Board during the 24 days before an election, you will not receive your voter identification card until after the election.
If you will become 18 within the 60 days leading up to an election, you may apply for voter registration between 25 and 60 days before the election.

QUALIFICATIONS

To register to vote in the State of Oklahoma, an individual must meet the following qualifications:
• Be a citizen of the United States
• Be a resident of Oklahoma
• Be at least 18 years old
• Not adjudged partially or fully incapacitated
• If convicted of a felony, a period of time equal to the original judgment and sentence must have expired

OBTAINING A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM

Voter registration applications are available at the County Election Board, post offices, tag agencies, libraries and many other public agencies. You will be offered a voter registration application when you get your driver's license and when you apply for assistance at some government agencies.

Request a voter registration form be mailed to you online here.

Obtain a voter registration form online here.

Mail completed forms to your County Election Board.

OKLAHOMA ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Who Can Absentee Vote in Oklahoma?

Any registered voter in Oklahoma may vote by absentee ballot. It is not necessary to give a reason for voting absentee.

How Can I Acquire an Absentee Ballot?

Applications for absentee ballots must be made in writing. Absentee ballot application forms are available from all County Election Boards and from the State Election Board. Or, download a form here.

You may write a letter to your county election board to apply for an absentee ballot, rather than using the form. The letter must contain the following information.
• your name
• your birth date
• the address at which you are registered to vote
• the election or elections for which you are requesting ballots
• the address to which the ballots should be mailed
your signature

The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot to be mailed to you is always 5 p.m. on Wednesday preceding the election.

Voters may cast an absentee ballot in person at the County Election Board office from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Monday before all elections. For state and federal elections only, in-person absentee voting is available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Additional Information for Overseas Voters

How do I Return the Absentee Ballot and What is the Deadline?

If your absentee ballot is mailed to you, you must return it to the County Election Board by mail. An absentee ballot must be received by the county election board before 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.

Other Information on Absentee Voting in Oklahoma

Although any voter can vote an absentee ballot without giving a reason, the law still contains some "excuses" for voting absentee. Some voters benefit by using one of those excuses when they apply for absentee ballots. These excuses activate special conditions that make absentee voting even easier.

Physically incapacitated voters and voters who care for physically incapacitated persons who cannot be left alone may vote by absentee ballot. These voters may submit their applications only by mail, fax, or telegraph. They are not required to have their signatures on the absentee affidavits notarized. They are required to have their signatures witnessed by two people.

Voters in nursing homes in the same county where they are registered voters may vote absentee. They may submit their applications only by mail, fax, or telegraph. An Absentee Voting Board will go to the nursing home a few days before the election to allow these voters to cast their ballots.

Oklahomans who are in the military or who are living overseas and their spouses and dependents may vote by absentee ballot even if they are not registered to vote (they must be eligible to be registered, however). Military and overseas voters may submit their applications only by mail or fax. Military voters should contact the Voting Assistance Officers in their units for application forms and more information. Overseas voters may obtain the same materials at United States military installations, embassies and consulates, or online from the Federal Voting Assistance Program.

EMERGENCY ABSENTEE VOTERS

Voters who become incapacitated after 5 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding an election may receive an absentee ballot through special emergency procedures. These voters must make a written request to the County Election Board. The request must be accompanied by a statement from a doctor that the voter is incapacitated and will be unable to vote in person on Election Day. The voter's request and the doctor's statement must be taken to the County Election Board Office by a person the voter chooses. This person becomes the voter's "agent." The agent will receive the voter's ballot and will deliver it to the voter. After the voter marks the ballot, the agent must return it to the County Election Board Office before 7 p.m. Election Day.

Source of information:
Oklahoma State Election Board
Post Office Box 53156
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152
Phone: 405-521-2391
Fax: 405-521-6457

http://www.state.ok.us/~elections/