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To vote in Oklahoma, you must be registered.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 during the 60 days before an election, you may apply for voter registration between 25 and 60 days before the election. Check your voter registration status.

To register to vote in the State of Oklahoma, an individual must meet the following qualifications:

• You are a United States citizen;
• Must be a resident of the state of Oklahoma.
• Must be at least 18 years old or will be 18 by the date of the next general election.

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Civilian Absentee Voting by Mail

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

Who is qualified to vote an absentee ballot?

• To be qualified to vote by mail-in absentee ballot, you must be:
• 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.
• Military personnel, their Dependents, or Overseas Citizens;

Military-Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting

• Special absentee ballot application provisions apply to military and overseas voters. Oklahomans who are in the military or who are living overseas and their spouses and dependents may use the Federal Post Card Application, available from the Federal Voting Assistance Program

Early Voting

• You can vote at the County Election Board office in the county where you are registered to vote from 8 AM to 6 PM on Friday and Monday before all elections. For state and federal elections only, you also can vote from 8 AM until 1 PM on Saturday before the election.

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Students can establish residency in Oklahoma if they have an intention to remain at their Oklahoma school address for the time being, and they intend to make it their principal home. You may register in the community where you attend college and vote in city, state, and federal elections if your permanent residence is your school residence.You have the right to cast a ballot as a resident of Oklahoma regardless of your status as a student or whether you pay in-state or out-of-state tuition.

Students who lived in Oklahoma before moving elsewhere to attend school, and who wish to establish or keep their Oklahoma voting residency, should have no problem doing so. Like most states, Oklahoma allows students to keep their voting residency even if they move out of the district to attend school.

Under federal law, if you move within 30 days of a presidential election, you are allowed to vote for President and Vice President in your former state of residence, either in person or by absentee ballot.

If you moved to Oklahoma from another state, you must register to vote in Oklahoma to be able to vote.The last day to register in time to vote in the next election is twenty-four days before the election. If you moved from out of state, you may register to vote the same day you become a resident of the State of Oklahoma.

If you moved to a new address that is covered by the same polling place as your old address, you can vote at that polling place after confirming your change of address. This is true regardless of how close to the election you moved.

If you moved to a new address within the same county but with a different polling place, you can vote at the polling place associated with your old address after filling out a new voter registration application form and presenting your voter identification card.

If you moved to a new address in a different county, you should complete a new registration form to update your registration records.