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(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Oklahoma State Election Board)
Oklahoma has: 77 counties. Largest counties (five over 100,000): Oklahoma, Tulsa, Cleveland, Comache, Canadian. Largest cities (four over 100,000): Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Broken Arrow. Government
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State
of Oklahoma State Election Board Green
Party of OK Daily
Oklahoman, p The
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 2,773,970. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 52.4%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 14, 2016. Any registered voter can vote absentee by mail. > Early Voting: Nov. 3, 4, and 5, 2016. > Votes tallied in the presidential race:
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Overview: Oklahoma
voters still have limited choices when it comes to voting for
president; a lawsuit filed by Rocky De
La Fuente and Jill Stein noted that, "Oklahoma has the
most restrictive ballot access laws for presidential and vice
presidential candidates of Independent or non-recognized political
party status in the United States (>)." Voter registration statistics continue to show a decades long trend to the Republican Party. Donald Trump visited for a fundraiser in Norman on Sept. 17. Tim Kaine ventured into the state on Sept. 23, for a fundraiser in Oklahoma City. The Libertarian and Green candidates did not make it to the state. When the votes were tallied Trump carried every county, amassing a plurality of 429,136 votes (36.39 percentage points). Trump's 65.23% of the vote was right in line with the Republican results in 2004, 2008 and 2012, while Hillary Clinton's 28.93% was the worst showing by a Democratic presidential nominee since George McGovern in 1972. Gary Johnson's 5.75% kept the Libertarian Party qualified as a recognized party in the state. Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
Note
on
Ballot Access: On May 12, 2015 Gov. Mary Fallin (R) did sign a bill,
HB2181,
which reduced the petition requirement for formation of a recognized
political party to three percent (3%) of the total votes cast for
Governor in the last
General Election. On March 21 the State Election Board certified
that
the Libertarian Party had achieved the requisite 24,745
signatures.
Independent and non-recognized party candidates like De La Fuente and
Stein faced a steep hurdle of 40,047 petition signatures. Also of note,
on May 5, 2016 Gov. Fallin signed SB
896
reducing the number of votes required for a party to stay on the ballot
to 2.5% ot the total votes cast in the top of the ticket race.
[State Primary: June 28, 2016]
[State Primary: June 28, 2016]
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| Democrats
42 Delegates: 25 District, 8 At-Large, 5 PLEO and 4 Unpledged. |
Republicans 43 Delegates: 3 RNC; 25 At-Large; 15 by CD (3 x 5 CDs). details |
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| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
| Bush 42.64% |
Dole 48.26% |
Bush 60.31% |
Bush 65.57% |
McCain 65.65% |
Romney 66.77% |
and
the
details...
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 2,619,121. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.8%. Of 1,334,872 votes tallied in the presidential race: 64,007 (4.79%) were absentee mail; and 112,156 (8.40%) were early vote |
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2012
Overview Oklahoma's restrictive ballot access laws again gave voters just two choices. (51,739 valid signatures were required to petition. See: Johnson press release, Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform). Romney/Ryan won with a plurality of 447,778 votes (33.54 percentage points). Turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population was fifth lowest of any state, after HI, WV, AR and TX. Mitt Romney (May 9) and Ann Romney (Sept. 10) visited to do fundraisers. Obama | (Romney) BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 2,578,351. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.7%. 43,913 valid signatures from registered Oklahoma voters by July 15th required to place a candidate on the ballot as an Independent. Registration: Dem. 1,079,373 (49.42%) Rep. 859,872 (39.37%) Ind. 244,847 (11.21%)... Total: 2,184,092 |
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2008
Overview Despite the continued efforts of Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform, Oklahomans again had just two choices on the presidential ballot in the general election. The outcome was very similar to 2004; McCain-Palin achieved a plurality of 457,699 votes (31.30 percentage points). Oklahoma provided their highest share of the vote and second biggest margin of any state. + Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader | Barr |
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other state had at least three candidates to choose from.
Oklahoma
requires 51,781 signatures to secure full party ballot access and
37,027
signatures to place a presidential candidate on the ballot. The
state does not allow write-ins. The Oklahoma Green,
Libertarian,
and Constitution parties organized a None of the Above campaign to
protest
the exclusion of third party and independent candidates. They
encouraged Oklahoma voters to vote in state and local races but leave
the
presidential ballot line blank. Note: Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform continued their efforts after the election; early in 2005 Rep. Marian Cooksey (R-Edmond) introduced a bill (HB1429) to lower the number of signatures required but the effort subsequently stalled. |
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2004
Overview Oklahoma was the second best state for the Bush/Cheney ticket as it improved on its 2000 showing, amassing a plurality of 455,826 votes over Kerry/Edwards (a margin of 31.14 percentage points). -The Oklahoman, Tulsa World, Enid News & Eagle, and The Shawnee News-Star endorsed President Bush. -The Muskogee Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat endorsed Senator Kerry. |
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| For ballot access as an independent, Oklahoma requires signatures of 36,202 registered voters, the highest signature requirement, per capita, of any state in the country, Further, Oklahoma’s signature deadline of July 15 is one of the earliest in the country (only 8 states are earlier). Additionally, Oklahoma is one of only 7 states that don’t allow write-in votes for U.S. President. The Nader campaign made a strong effort to achieve the required number of signatures in Oklahoma, but came up a bit short. On Aug. 11, 2000 the campaign filed suit against the Oklahoma State Election Board in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma citing harassment in its signature gathering effort and seeking to extend the deadline to Sept. 1, 2000 (Nader v Ward, cv-00-1340-R). Judge David Russell ruled against Nader on Aug. 30. |
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2000
Overview Gov. Bush had no trouble winning his neighboring state's eight electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 270,061 votes (21.88 percentage points). |
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