OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahomans returned to the polls Tuesday to narrow the field for the November statewide election. Tuesday’s election has, so far, been without any major problems, Election Board Spokesman Misha Mohr said.
While most polling sites reported few issues, a fire at a McAlester church forced election board officials to relocate a polling site there.
“The fire happened before the polls were open and we were able to move the polling site back to the election board offices,” Mohr said. “Voters were redirected, and no one was in the polling place when the fire happened.”
In some areas, voter turnout has ranged from moderate to steady.
In Oklahoma City, election board officials said many precincts were seeing normal turnout while other areas saw fewer voters. Statewide, Mohr said almost 57,000 voters took advantage of absentee-in-person voting or voted by mail.
As of this morning, Mohr said statewide 27,716 residents had voted by mail while 29,206 voters cast absentee-in-person ballots. In Oklahoma, more than 2.2 million residents are registered to vote.
Polls close today at 7 p.m.