It’s voting day today!
Polls will be open across the state until 7:00 pm tonight. To find your polling place, sample ballots, and see the status of your ballot, you can visit the Oklahoma State Election Board’s OK Voter Portal. Please note a valid proof of identity is required in order to vote.
For more information, please contact your County Election Board or the State Election Board.
Early voting has begun today across Oklahoma. Early voting locations will be open Wednesday, November 2 through Friday, November 4 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, and on Saturday November 5 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Early voting locations are not the same as polling places. A list of early voting locations, dates, and times is available on the Oklahoma State Election Board website, along with a list of elections. Sample ballots are also available on the OK Voter Portal. Remember to bring a valid proof of identity to your early voting location.
More information can be found by contacting your County Election Board or the State Election Board.
The National Civic League is hosting a webinar next week on Tuesday, October 25 at 5 pm ET (4 pm CT) titled Creating a Civic Learning Environment. In this webinar, people will hear from a group of elementary teachers who are teaching the skills of deliberative democracy to their students. Speakers will also discuss five important skills necessary for creating a civic learning environment, and how to incorporate them into the classroom.
Participants are encouraged to read speaker Stacie Molnar-Main’s article Concerned About Civic Learning? Consider the Learning Environment before attending in order to better participate in the discussion.
Click here to register for the event.
For students looking to get involved in the political sphere, the office of senator James Lankford is currently looking for spring interns. For information on this opportunity, please visit their website at https://www.lankford.senate.gov/services/internships.
Sample ballots for the upcoming November 8 election are available. To view the ballot for your precinct, log in to the Oklahoma Voter Portal here.
In addition, you can view the full election list by county here, courtesy of the Oklahoma State Election Board.
The deadline to get registered to vote in the November 8 election is coming up next Friday on October 14. With this in mind, the Center for Civic Engagement will be hosting one more voter registration drive before this deadline on Thursday, October 6 in the lobby of the College of Education and Professional Studies from 9:00 am. to 2:00 pm. be sure to stop by if you haven’t registered yet!
The deadline to register for the upcoming November election is only three weeks away on October 14. With this in mind, the Center for Civic Engagement will be providing more opportunities to get registered on campus in the coming weeks.
A table will be held in the lobby of the Education building between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 26, and at the entrance to the Nigh cafeteria between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28.
We’ll announce more opportunities to get registered in the coming weeks, happy voting UCO!
National voter registration day is coming up on Tuesday September 20! The UCO Center for Civic Engagement is taking part in this day by hosting a voter registration table inside the Nigh University Center from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. People interested in registering to vote, or those who want to grab a ballot for another person can come by during those hours.
As always, if you have questions regarding the voter registration process, upcoming elections, or voting policies in-state and nationally, feel free to subscribe to our blog or visit the Oklahoma State Election Board website here.
The Democracy Innovation program of the National Conference on Citizenship in partnership with the National Issues Forum Institute and the Kettering Foundation is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, September 14 at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss the role of local civic leaders, and how that role has been affected by the pandemic, our more polarized political climate, and our rapidly changing technological landscape.
The webinar will feature the voices and perspectives of civic practitioners in both the local and national fields:
Join the ongoing discussion about the roles of local leaders by attending this webinar. For more information about the upcoming webinar or to register to attend, click here.
The National Issues Forum Institute is sponsoring an debate hosted by Saint Mary’s College of California titled A Constitutional Symposium: Religious Liberty and LGBTQ+ Rights. Hosted on September 19, the symposium center around the ongoing debate and controversy over religious exceptions to anti-discrimination laws made to protect LGBTQ+ individuals. The symposium will feature three experts in the field of constitutional law:
Robin Wilson, Director of the Institute of Governmenet and Public Affairs for the University of Illinois
Elizabeth Clark, Professor and Associate Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
And Kyle Velte, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law
People can attend in person, or attend virtually by registering here.
For more information about the event, visit the NIFI event page here, or email Steve Woolpert at woolpert@stmarys-ca.edu.
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