Oklahomans head to the voting booth today to decide local and national races, which range from retaining Oklahoma judges to the next U.S. president.
The next time Oklahomans will vote will be in January 2025 on select special propositions. And on Feb. 11, Oklahoma City residents will vote in a primary election to fill three seats on the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education.
Catch up with The Oklahoman’s live coverage of Tuesday’s general election:
Live results: 2024 Oklahoma General Election Results
4:52 p.m.
Voters have until 7 p.m. tonight to cast their ballots in Oklahoma. Once polls are closed, election officials will begin tallying votes.
Find your designated polling place online at OK Voter Portal.
-Cheyenne Derksen
Americans might have seen a deluge of election-related advertisements for the online betting platforms Kalshi and Polymarket leading up to the 2024 presidential election.
But what are they, and are they legal?
Both companies are financial trading platforms that let customers bet cash and cryptocurrency on the outcome of certain events. Leading up to the election, the companies have leaned heavily into selling bets on the results.
According to the law firm Morrison Foerster, the “election contracts” sold by these types of sites fall in murky area for regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who are appealing a recent court ruling that allowed Kalshi to continue offering those contracts.
-Dale Denwalt
Oklahoma votes will begin being counted at 7 p.m. when polls close. Nationwide, though, the first polling places close at 5 p.m. CT and some states will begin reporting then.
Watch live coverage via USA TODAY’s YouTube channel, or check out the live stream below:
-Chris Sims
Visit oklahoman.com/elections/results to see Tuesday’s US presidential voting results map by state.
-Cheyenne Derksen
Visit oklahoman.com/elections/results to see Tuesday’s 2024 Indiana general election results.
-Cheyenne Derksen
The number of registered voters in Oklahoma hit a milestone with 2.4 million people registered to vote before Election Day.
The Oklahoma State Election Board said it received 141,023 voter registrations since Jan. 15, 2024. More than half of those – 87,419 – registered with the Republican Party. More than 45,000 chose not to select a party and are identified as independents. Democrats picked up just 6,450, and the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma picked up 1,378.
The Election Board said this is the most number of voters heading into an election since officials began tracking that figure in 2000.
-Dale Denwalt
3:17 p.m.
The contest between Harris and Trump is remarkably close, with polls showing razor-thin margins in key swing states. A nail-biter of a race is hardly new, though.
In 2000, when Al Gore faced off against George W. Bush, the race was eventually decided by just 537 votes after the Supreme Court ended a legal battle lasting over 30 days.
Other close elections include 1876, in which Rutherford B. Hayes won by just one electoral vote, the smallest margin in American history, and 1916 in which Woodrow Wilson bested Charles Evans Hughes in a contest that came down to California.
-Anna Kaufman, USAToday
3:08 p.m.
Even though Robert F. Kennedy ended his campaign in late August and endorsed former President Donald Trump, his name is still in nearly 33 states, including Oklahoma.
Kennedy is still on the ballot in most states despite missing the withdrawal deadline in several states, including several key battleground states.
-Josh Kelly
Some states have already published voter turnout statistics, including the total number of people from each party who have cast a ballot so far. But what about the Sooner State?
Oklahoma County officials said it was too early to share the number of residents who voted today at one of the 288 precincts around 2 p.m. Tuesday. State officials said the same.
“We have no way to track voter turnout on Election Day until the results are reported and/or voter history credit is manually entered into the system,” said Misha Mohr, Oklahoma State Election Board public information officer.
However, she added that statewide turnout percentages will be available online on the state’s website. Results will be available after 7 p.m.
-Rebecca Heliot
While Puerto Rico conducts primary elections and sends delegates to both the RNC and DNC, the U.S. territory has no electoral college votes so does not weigh in during the general election. However, residents of Puerto Rico are American citizens, so those who have moved from the territory to one of the 50 states or Washington D.C., can cast a ballot for president.
A large number of Puerto Ricans live in the states, roughly 5.8 million, according to the Pew Research Center. They represent the second-largest population of Hispanic origin living in America and a sizeable voting bloc.
The other U.S. territories — Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa — also do not have any electoral votes.
– Anna Kauffman, USAToday
Older voters may recall that just a few decades ago, Oklahoma once banned liquor sales on Election Day.
According to Ballotpedia, the ban was a relic from Wild West days when folks would fill up saloons and candidates would buy drinks to curry favor with supporters.
In 2006, voters approved the Oklahoma Alcohol Sales Allowed on Election Days Amendment, also known as State Question 733, which was written by Rep. Kevin Calvey, R-Del City. The measure removed the ban on alcohol sales on election days.
-Cheyenne Derksen
In the unlikely event that there is a 269 to 269 tie in the Electoral College, a complicated process will begin to churn. First, the newly elected members of the House of Representatives would gather to vote for the new president. Here, each state’s delegation would get one vote. For example, California’s 52 House of Representatives members would have one vote the same as Wyoming’s single member.
Then, the Senate would gather to vote for the new vice president, so theoretically, a Harris-Vance or a Trump-Walz administration could be possible. In the Senate, every senator would have their own vote with a simple majority needed to choose a winner.
− Fernando Cervantes Jr., USAToday
No, Oklahoma is not considered a swing state.
The battleground states where some of the closest races are expected include Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Those states have consistently shown polling within the margin of error, which describes how accurately the survey results are representative of the entire population. When a candidate’s lead is “inside” the margin of error, it is considered a “statistical tie,” according to Pew Research Center.
Pew has found the majority of pollsters have changed their methods since the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, where Trump’s performance was significantly underestimated.
You can see the results of recent polling in swing states here.
− Kinsey Crowley and James Powel, USAToday
12:15 p.m.
Rachel Jones, originally from Virginia, felt excited to vote today despite the 52° weather. Originally from Virginia, the low temperatures did not bother her.
“Voting is very important. Without it, we cannot have the freedom to live with the democracy we have, so I hope everyone comes out to vote today,” Jones said.
She hopes the best candidate will win, but did not share where she voted.
“That’s between me and my ballot,” she said.
Among the light turnout gathered in front of Britton Christian Church, 69-year-old Carolyn Andrews, dressed in a coat, came to vote despite cold and windy weather.
Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Andrews said she hopes her vote will influence the lives of working-class people, an issue dear to her heart as a business owner and nurse.
“Everyone is entitled to a happy and a better way of life, and if the party I voted for can make that difference, this is why I voted,” she said, though she did not disclose which that was.
Voters made their way into the building through a side door as builders fixed the church’s main entrance. Residents assigned to the voting location came and went quickly, taking about 20 minutes to vote. One of them, Ronny Stewart, parked in a nearby empty parking lot before getting in a short line to vote.
“I’m a Republican, and I’ll go in and make up my mind when I get there,” he said, speaking about how he will vote.
He said issues like the southern border, the war in Israel, and the economy, are important to him during this election.
“Inflation has risen high, where it takes money out of the middle-class pocket,” he said. “I hope that gets fixed. The attack on oil and gas has been part of that, and I hope that changes.”
-Rebecca Heliot
12:02 p.m.
With Election Day coming just days after a swath of tornadoes hit the Sooner State, local officials feared a handful of polling sites in Adair County would be left without power.
State Sen. Tom Woods, R-Westville, said he spent most of Monday evening working to secure portable electric generators for polling locations in Adair County. Woods said the polling spot in the small of community of Christie, between Tahlequah and Westville on State Highway 62, was the lone polling site still using a portable electric generator Tuesday morning.
He said the 16 other polling locations in Adair County and the 27 sites in Cherokee County were open and operating, with generators on standby in case of new power interruptions.
– M. Scott Carter
11 a.m.
Multiple Oklahoma judges face nonpartisan election retention votes on the Nov. 5 ballot. But efforts to unseat three Oklahoma Supreme Court justices have garnered the most attention.
Find information about Oklahoma Supreme Court justices up for retention, or three Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals judges.
-Cheyenne Derksen
10 a.m.
At 7 a.m., more than a dozen voters were in line a tFirst Baptist Church, off NW 4th St. in Oklahoma City, to be among the first people to cast their votes in Oklahoma County on Election Day.
Jess Hall, 41, a Democrat, hopes enough of the party’s voters will be represented in the city.
“I think I’m confident Trump will win Oklahoma, but I’m very hopeful we can at least turn Oklahoma County purple,” she said. “I think Kamala’s going to win nationally, though.”
What issues are important to OKC voters on Election Day?
OKC voters are heading to the polls on Election Day. We asked a few at First Baptist Church what issues were most important to them, and why they voted.
Lashawn Jones, a 41-year-old school counselor and Oklahoma County resident, said education is an important issue influencing her vote.
“I work at a school, and I think education’s not the best right now, not just in Oklahoma, but everywhere,” Jones said. “It means a lot to me specifically because I have a family full of educators, and that’s why I vote — why I do the majority of the time — it’s purely based on education.”
David Wilson Coffman, a former charter underwriter, said he would vote for the Republican candidates as he believes the party’s platforms offer the best solutions for the key issues he is interested in, such as immigration and inflation.
He said, “We’ve got four years of Trump. We’ve got four years to look at if Harris wins, and Biden. And there’s a huge contrast there in what happens. I think there’ll be a major shift if he wins.”
-Rebecca Heliot
8 a.m.
Oklahoma polls close across the state at 7 p.m. In the state and local races, we should have a decision tonight. This is because Oklahoma races will only rely on early voting, day of and mail-in ballots from Oklahomans being counted.
For the presidential race, however, we may see a result later tonight, tomorrow, or even later.
The earliest votes, however, will start coming shortly after polls begin to close in Eastern Time. In Oklahoma, we should start seeing results from Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, Vermont, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia starting around 5 to 6 p.m. CT.
By 7 p.m. when Oklahoma polls close, 25 other states along the East Coast will have closed their polls as well, but polls in the West will still be open in 24 other states.
The AP will not call races until final polls close in that state, meaning states like Kentucky and Indiana which have split time zones may not be called until 6 p.m. CT when the second half of the state has closed polls.
-Josh Kelly
7:15 a.m.
Though Oklahoma has been expected to choose former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, several swing states could impact today’s presidential election.
The polls and odds are constantly in flux, but you can find the latest polls we could find for each candidate as of 7:15 a.m., Nov. 5:
ABC News project 538: The poll shows Harris with a 48.0% lead overTrump’s 46.8%. This was last updated at 12:45 a.m. on Nov. 5. 270towin: With the latest polling data, Harris edges over Trump 48.4% to 47.2%. Realclearpolling: Harris is also pulling a narrow win in RCP polls with a .1% lead over Trump’s 48.6%.
As for who is winning Oklahoma’s seven Electoral College votes, 270towin and Realclearpolling both show a high favorability for Donald Trump among Oklahoma voters.
-Josh Kelly
7:01 a.m.
The polls are now open in Oklahoma. Voters have until 7 p.m. tonight to cast their ballots.
Find your designated polling place online at OK Voter Portal.
-Cheyenne Derksen
There are several items on the ballot today across Oklahoma. They include:
U.S. PresidentOklahoma Corporation CommissionerTwo state questionsOklahoma judge retentionAcross the state: Various city and county positions
Find a complete list of what your county will vote on here.
-Cheyenne Derksen
To find a sample ballot for your precinct in Oklahoma, head to the OK Voter Portal and log in using your first and last names and date of birth.
-Cheyenne Derksen
Where do I vote in Oklahoma? Oklahoma Voter Portal
If you’re not sure where your polling place is, or want to make sure it hasn’t changed since the last time you voted, the address can be found by logging into the OK Voter Portal.
Polls open in Oklahoma
The polls opened at 7 a.m. today in Oklahoma and will close at 7 p.m.
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