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February 14 is election day in Tulsa County… though not all voters will need to go to the polls. Tulsa Public Schools district 5, Skiatook and Berryhill will vote on new school board representatives. Union, Jenks, and Owasso school districts will vote on bond initiatives. And Oklahoma House District 71 will hold special primary elections to fill the seat vacated by Dan Sullivan. View sample ballots at the Tulsa County Election Board website.

As you head to the polls you might notice a few changes… one might be that where you used to vote isn’t where you vote now. Yes, it’s true. Because of population shifts in and around Tulsa County the Election Board has redrawn precinct boundaries and your polling place could have changed. If your precinct did change, the Tulsa County Election Board mailed you a revised voter registration card with your new precinct information.

To help you locate your precinct, new or old, the Tulsa County Election Board provides the precinct locator. However, the precinct locator tool is being reconfigured to the new boundaries. Until this is up and running, view the new precinct map and the list of precincts. Of course we’ll post an update when the new locator tool is up and running.

Also new this election will be the voting machines. Rumor has it voters will experience little change with the new machines. A paper ballot will still be provided. Voters will mark choices and insert the ballot into the machine… same as always.

For those anxious to throw their weight behind one of the Republican presidential hopefuls, sorry, Feb 14 is not the day for this. All polls will be open March 6 for the Oklahoma Presidential Primary… more to come on this.