In-person absentee voters for Presidential Preferential Primary

Registered voters in Cleveland County who want to vote by mail absentee in next Tuesday’s Presidential Preferential Primary and Annual School Elections have missed the application deadline, County Election Board Secretary Paula G. Roberts said today.

“They aren’t out of luck, however,” Roberts said.

Voters who want to cast absentee ballots can still do so by going to the County Election Board office, Friday, February 1 , from 8 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Or Monday, February 4 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. A two-member, bipartisan Absentee Voting Board will be on duty each day to assist in-person absentee voters at the Cleveland County Election Board located at 122 S. Peters Avenue, Norman.

“In-person absentee voters fill out an application form when they arrive at the office. They are not required to state a reason for voting in-person absentee,” Roberts said. “They are required to swear that they have not voted a regular mail absentee ballot and that they will not vote at their polling places on election day.”

According to Roberts, the Absentee Voting Board verifies a voter’s registration information, and then issues the voter’s ballot(s). The voter marks the ballot(s) in a voting booth and then puts them in the voting device. “It is very much like voting at a precinct polling place,” said Roberts.

For more information, contact the County Election Board office located at 122 S. Peters Avenue, Norman, OK 73069. The telephone number is 366-0210.