Frequently Asked Questions

On Election Day, you must vote at your designated polling place. If you are a registered voter, you can find your polling place by using this link.

You must submit your own absentee ballot application.

You may apply online using the State of Oklahoma's OK Voter Portal or you may submit an absentee ballot application by mail, email, or fax to your County Election Board. You may also hand deliver your application to the County Election Board office. If you do not have an identification number or date of birth on file with your County Election Board, you must submit your application in person, by mail, or by fax. 

(EXCEPTION: A voter confined to a nursing home or veterans center, a physically incapacitated voter, or a voter
charged with the care of a physically incapacitated person may choose an agent to deliver the application to the County
Election Board or send it by mail.)

Changing Your Registration

If you need to change your name, your address or your political affiliation, you must fill out another voter registration application form, or you can update your voter registration information online. You may change your registration at any time with one exception.

You may not change your political affiliation during the period from April 1 through August 31, inclusive, in any even-numbered year. The last day on which you may change your political affiliation before the closed period is March 31; the first day on which you may change your political affiliation after the closed period is September 1.

You cannot make changes in your voter registration by telephone.

You may submit your voter registration application form with a party change on it at any time. However, voter identification cards cannot be issued during the 24 days prior to an election. If your registration application is received by the county election board during the 24 days before an election, changes will not be made until after the election, and you will not receive your updated voter identification card until after the election.

Also, you may not change your political affiliation during the period from April 1 through August 31, inclusive, in any even-numbered year. The last day on which you may change your political affiliation before the closed period is March 31; the first day on which you may change your political affiliation after the closed period is September 1.

Here is a link to the Oklahoma State Election Board's page discussing Voter Registration.

If you are interested in becoming a precinct official in Cleveland County, you may contact our Precinct Official Coordintor at (405)366-0210 or print out then mail or bring in an application form.

In order to become a precinct official, you must be a registered voter in Cleveland County. All precinct officials must attend a training session in order to be eligible to be placed as a worker for future elections. Precinct officials work from 6:30 a.m. until the polls have been closed (7:00 p.m.) and all of the closing duties have been performed. The rate of pay, per election, for precinct officials is currently $225 plus mileage for Inspectors and $200 for Clerks and Judges.

Please visit the State of Oklahoma's Military/Overseas Voters page for special instructions.

A deceased voter's registration may be canceled upon request of the voter's next of kin.

The deceased voter's next of kin may complete the Request to Cancel Registration of Deceased Voter and send it to the Cleveland County Election Board, 641 E. Robinson, Suite 200, Norman, OK 73071. The request must be notarized or witnessed by two persons.

Use of the official form is not required, however. The deceased voter's next of kin may send a written statement regarding the voter's death to the County Election Board in the county where the deceased voter is registered. The statement must include the voter's complete name, address and date of birth. This statement must be notarized or witnessed by two persons.  A certified copy of a death certificate may also be provided to the County Election Board.

The next of kin also may complete the "Request to Cancel Registration of Deceased Voter" at his or her polling place on election day.

Get the "Request to Cancel Registration of Deceased Voter" form here.

Yes! If you are a registered voter in Cleveland County, you can vote from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday before all elections.

For State and Federal Elections, voting is from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday before the election as well as from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Saturday before the election.  For the State General Election, Early Voting is now available the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before the election.