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ElectionsWednesday, November 4

Tulsa County's early vote topped 2024's total before Election Day even began

The Daily Broken Arrow teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 4 sources

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If you're catching up on Tuesday's election, start with turnout. Early voting in Tulsa County beat the last presidential election, Communications Director Ronni Pierce said: over 26,000 people voted early this time, against the 25,954 Pierce cited for 2024 and a little over 16,000 in the 2022 midterm.

Tulsa County's early voters topped 2024's count

Source: 2 News Oklahoma KJRH Tulsa

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Value
2022 (a little over)16,000
202425,954
2026 (over)26,000

Election Day took a crowd, too. Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman said staff grows from 21 to more than 100 inside the building. MetroLink Tulsa offered free fares to the polls all day, and U.S. Department of Justice monitors were expected at some polling places in Oklahoma, Tulsa and Muskogee counties.

  • Poll hours Tuesday: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Results: posted on the State Election Board website
  • Provisional ballots: reviewed by the Election Board

Tulsa County's Election Day ran on hundreds of workers

21
regular Election Board staff members
more than 100
people working inside the building on Election Day
1,100 to 1,300
workers at polling locations, depending on the election
13 to 14 hours
in an election worker's day, Freeman said

Source: KTUL

Sources: 2 News Oklahoma KJRH Tulsa, KTUL, newson6.com

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