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Oklahoma: Voter Guide
Voting Information // Oklahoma
Registration:
3/7

Automatic voter registration

Online voter registration

Pre-registration before turning 18

Number of days prior to election a voter must be registered is 15 days or less

Online voter registration closes 15 days or less before Election Day

Registration drives

Same day registration offered in all elections

Same day registration located at polling place

Same day registration offered only during early voting

Accessibility:
5/8

All mail voting

In-person early voting

Amount of early voting days is higher than 7

Election day is a state holiday

No-excuse mail voting

12+ hours of open polls

Paid time off work to vote

Time off work to vote

Requirements:
2/6

Felons can vote after incarceration with completion of sentence

Felons can vote immediately after incarceration

Felons can vote while incarcerated

No ID required to vote

Mental competency not required to register

Non-photo ID required to vote

Photo-ID required to vote

Upcoming Elections

There are no upcoming elections. Sign up for email or text notifications prior to important election dates.

Voting Qualifications

Not judged as an incapacitated person, or a partially incapacitated person prohibited from registering to vote
Not convicted of a felony, for which a period of time equal to the original sentence has not expired, or for which you have not been pardoned
Resident of Oklahoma
United States Citizen
18+ Years of Age

Deadlines

In Person - 
25 days before Election Day
Mail - 
Postmarked 25 days before Election Day
In Person - 
Requested no later than the Tuesday before Election Day
Mail - 
Application to request absentee ballot due no later than the Tuesday before Election Day
Online - 
Application to request absentee ballot due no later than the Tuesday before Election Day
Mail - 
Voted ballot due 7 p.m. on Election Day
In Person - 
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday before Election Day

More Information

Oklahoma has a closed primary system. Only voters who are registered members of a recognized political party may vote for the party's candidates in primary and runoff primary elections. The state of Oklahoma currently recognizes three political parties: Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Libertarian Party.


When registering to vote, an Oklahoman may affiliate with any recognized party, or may register as No Party (Independent). Registered Independent voters may be eligible to vote in the party's primaries and runoff primaries if authorized by the party. For 2020 and 2021, the Democratic Party granted permission for Independents to vote in their primaries and runoff primaries. Independents cannot vote in Republican or Libertarian primaries.

Any registered Oklahoma voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

If you are voting in person in Oklahoma, you must present one of the following forms of ID at the time you vote:

  • A current Oklahoma driver’s license
  • A current photo ID issued by Oklahoma, the US government, or a federally recognized tribal government
  • A military photo ID
  • A county election board voter ID card
  • US passport


Provisional ballots are sealed inside special envelopes and are not put through the voting device. After election day, County Election Board officials will investigate the information provided by the voter on the affidavit and either will approve the provisional ballot for counting or will reject it based on the outcome of that investigation. In order for a provisional ballot to be approved for counting, the information on the affidavit must match the information in the voter's registration record.