Don’t forget to vote in the Oklahoma primary on Tuesday - 405 Magazine

Don’t forget to vote in the Oklahoma primary on Tuesday

  Voters have until 5 p.

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Voters have until 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, to request a mail absentee ballot for the June 30 Primary Election, State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said today.

Voters can apply for absentee ballots online using the OK Voter Portal at https://www.ok.gov/elections/OVP.html. Applications can also be downloaded from the State Election Board Website at https://www.ok.gov/elections/Voter_Info/Absentee_Voting/index.html and mailed to the voter’s County Election Board. A directory of County Election Boards is available at https://www.ok.gov/elections/About_Us/County_Election_Boards/index.html.

Voted absentee ballots must be received by the county election boards no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day, June 30.

In-person absentee voting, or “early voting,” begins today, June 25. “Early voting” will be available at all 77 county election boards across the state and at additional locations in some counties. A list of additional “early voting” sites is available on the State Election Board website at elections.ok.gov. Early voting will be available Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, June 27 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Primary Election allows voters to select nominees for various federal, state, and county offices for November’s General Election. In primary races with more than two candidates where no one receives a majority of the votes, runoffs will be held August 25.

Also on the ballot is State Question 802 (SQ 802), which would expand Medicaid coverage for some Oklahomans. You will find ballot language for SQ 802 below. Additionally, many elections postponed from April due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be on the ballot, as well.

Oklahoma has closed primaries; however, recognized parties may open up their primaries to Independent voters by notifying the Secretary of the State Election Board. For the 2020 and 2021 election years, the Democratic Party has elected to open its primaries to Independents. The Republican and Libertarian parties have chosen to keep their primaries closed.

STATE QUESTION NO. 802

Medicaid is a government-sponsored health insurance program for qualifying low-income persons.

This measure would add a provision to the Oklahoma Constitution requiring the State to expand Medicaid coverage. The expanded coverage would include certain persons over 18 and under 65 who are not already covered and whose annual income, as calculated under federal law, is at or below 133 % of the federal poverty line. The federal poverty line changes annually, but for example if this measure were in effect in 2019, the measure generally would have covered a single adult making less than $17,236 annually and adults in a family of four making less than $35,535 annually.

Under this measure, the State cannot create additional restrictions that make it more difficult to qualify for expanded Medicaid coverage than it is to qualify for the Medicaid program currently in place.

The Medicaid program is funded jointly by the federal government and the State. This measure would require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) to try to maximize federal funding for Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma. If the measure is approved, OHCA has 90 days to submit all documents necessary to obtain federal approval for implementing Medicaid expansion by July 1, 2021.

STATEWIDE OFFICERS

CORPORATION COMMISSIONER – REPUBLICAN
HAROLD D SPRADLING
TODD HIETT

CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS

UNITED STATES SENATOR – DEMOCRAT
ABBY BROYLES
SHEILA BILYEU
R.O. JOE CASSITY, JR.
ELYSABETH BRITT

UNITED STATES SENATOR – REPUBLICAN
NEIL MAVIS
JIM INHOFE
JOHN TOMPKINS
JJ STITT

OKLAHOMA COUNTY

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 04 – DEMOCRAT
DAVID R. SLEMMONS
MARY BRANNON
JOHN D. ARGO

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 04 – REPUBLICAN
TREVOR SIPES
TOM COLE
GILBERT O. SANDERS
JAMES TAYLOR

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 05 – DEMOCRAT
TOM GUILD
KENDRA S. HORN

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 05 – REPUBLICAN
CHARLES TUFFY PRINGLE
MICHAEL BALLARD
STEPHANIE BICE
TERRY NEESE
MILES V. RAHIMI
DAVID HILL
SHELLI LANDON
JANET BARRESI
JAKE A. MERRICK

LEGISLATIVE, DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICERS

STATE SENATOR – DISTRICT 15 – DEMOCRAT
MATT HECOX
ALEX SCOTT

STATE SENATOR – DISTRICT 17 – REPUBLICAN
RON SHARP
SHANE DAVID JETT
BRANDON BAUMGARTEN

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 31 – REPUBLICAN
KARMIN GRIDER
GARRY MIZE

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 83 – REPUBLICAN
ROBERT McMASTER
ERIC ROBERTS

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 88 – DEMOCRAT
JASON DUNNINGTON
MAUREE TURNER

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 89 – DEMOCRAT
CHRIS BRYANT
JOSE CRUZ
CRISTIAN ZAPATA

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 94 – REPUBLICAN
LAUREN RODEBUSH
FRANKLIN PAUL CROMACK

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 95 – REPUBLICAN
MAX WOLFLEY
DAREN WARD

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 96 – REPUBLICAN
MARGARET BEST
CHRIS DeCLOUD
PRESTON STINSON
KEN WARNER

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 99 – DEMOCRAT
AJAY PITTMAN
SUSAN PORTER

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 100 – REPUBLICAN
MARILYN STARK
COBI J. CERON

COUNTY SHERIFF – DEMOCRAT
VIRGIL L. GREEN SR
WAYLAND CUBIT

COUNTY SHERIFF – REPUBLICAN
TOMMIE JOHNSON III
P.D. TAYLOR
MIKE McCULLY

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 2 – REPUBLICAN
JIM FISHER
BRIAN MAUGHAN

MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 5
AMANDA JEFFERS
JENNY STATLER

CITY OF THE VILLAGE
COUNCILMEMBER – COUNCILMAN, WARD 5
SONNY WILKINSON
DUSTIN STRUTHERS

LUTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 3 (Unexpired Term)
GERALD McCAULEY SR
BRANDON ROGERS

MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY PS
PROPOSITION

PUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 5
DICK CLICK
GAIL LoPRESTO

CLEVELAND COUNTY

STATE SENATOR – DISTRICT 15 – DEMOCRAT
MATT HECOX
ALEX SCOTT

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 20 – REPUBLICAN
STEVE HERBURGER
SHERRIE CONLEY

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 91 – REPUBLICAN
CHRIS KANNADY
BRUCE FLEMING

COUNTY COURT CLERK – REPUBLICAN
MARILYN WILLIAMS
LISA JORNS-GALEY

COUNTY SHERIFF – REPUBLICAN
RICK ADKINS
TIM DEAL
CHRIS AMASON
MICHAEL FREEMAN

COUNTY CLERK – REPUBLICAN
LISA MEYER
TAMMY BELINSON

CITY OF NOBLE
COUNCILMEMBER – COUNCILMEMBER WARD 4
MARGE HILL
JANET RIGGIO

CITY OF NORMAN
COUNCILMEMBER – COUNCILMEMBER WARD 6
BILL SCANLON
ELIZABETH FOREMAN

MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 5
AMANDA JEFFERS
JENNY STATLER

NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 5
LINDA SEXTON
IAN MOORE

CITY OF PURCELL
COUNCILMEMBER – COUNCILMEMBER DIVISION 1
GRAHAM FISHBURN
BILL BOYLE

MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY PS
PROPOSITION

LOGAN COUNTY

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 31 – REPUBLICAN
KARMIN GRIDER
GARRY MIZE

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 33 – REPUBLICAN
BRICE NATHANIEL CHAFFIN
JOHN TALLEY

COUNTY COURT CLERK – REPUBLICAN
JACKI WOLFINGTON
CHERYL WATTS SMITH

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 2 – REPUBLICAN
MIKE PEARSON
KODY ELLIS
MITCHELL MADISON

GUTHRIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 7
BRADLEY HAVENAR
TRAVIS SALLEE

LUTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 3 (Unexpired Term)
GERALD McCAULEY SR
BRANDON ROGERS