Statewide election activity officially begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, when the candidate filing period opens, Brenda Rice, Secretary of the Blaine County Election Board said.
Candidates for state offices file with the Secretary of the State Election Board. Candidates for county offices file with the Secretary of the County Election Board.
Rice said the following offices are expected to be filled this year: court clerk, sheriff, county clerk, county commissioner district #2.
Filing forms and information for county offices may be obtained by contacting the Blaine County Election Board at (580)623-5518 or blainecounty@elections.ok.gov The Blaine County Election Board is located at 212 N Weigle Ave and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Filing packets for all offices are also available for download on the State Election Board’s website at oklahoma.gov/elections.
The filing period closes at 5 p.m. Friday, April 5.
Visit the website at blaine.okcounties.org
Vote April 2 in Caddo County
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 , for the Binger-Oney Schools, Canadian Valley Technology Center, Cordell Schools, Fletcher Schools, Hinton Schools and Minco Schools Board of Education General Election, as well as Cement Schools Special Election . Caddo County Election Board Secretary Chelsea Bassham offers these important tips to voters— especially those who will be casting a ballot for the first time.
Voting Tips
Mark your ballot using the example posted at your polling place and inside your ballot booth. If you make a mistake, do not try to correct it. Instead, take your ballot to the precinct officials.
They will destroy the ballot and issue a new one.
You do not need to make a selection for each election/issue on the ballot in order for your ballot to be counted. The voting device will cast votes only for those elections/ issues which you have marked.
Ballots can be read by the voting device regardless of how you insert the ballot into the system.
If the system detects too many markings for a single office or question, an error report will be printed and the ballot will be returned to the voter for a new ballot to be issued.
If you need assistance or would like to use the audio-assisted ballot system, let a precinct official know. You do not have to show proof of a disability to use the audio-assisted ballot system.
Be sure to bring an approved form of identification. Photo identification cards issued by the federal government, State of Oklahoma, or a federally recognized tribe are accepted. You may also use the free, voter identification card mailed to you by your county election board when you registered to vote. Forms of identification with an expiration date, must have an expiration date that falls after the date of the election.
If you forget your voter ID or your name is not found in the Precinct Registry, you may still cast a provisional ballot by signing an affidavit. A provisional ballot is sealed in a special envelope and counted after election day, if the voter’s registration information can be verified by the County Election Board.
Election results cannot be certified until all provisional ballots have been researched, verified, and (if valid) counted.
Some voters may need assistance to vote because they are blind or visually disabled, physically disabled or infirmed, or illiterate. Such individuals may request to have an assistant or vote privately and independently using the ATI device attached to the voting device.