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Long lines at most Oklahoma polling places
By The Associated Press
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Published: November 1, 2008
Marylee Jones, Wanda Cuyler and Anna Bush (from left to right) talk about the state questions that will be on the ballot as they wait in a line that stretches down Lincoln Blvd. (right) outside the Oklahoma County Election Board in Oklahoma City on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. By John Clanton
Long lines of voters are stringing around county election boards across the state as early voting resumes for Tuesday's presidential election.
Thousands of voters flooded county election boards across the state when early voting began Friday morning. And the lines were just as long on Saturday.
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Oklahoma County Election Board worker Joy Harris says the office was flooded with voters and that there appeared to be a lot more than there were on Friday. A total of 5,154 people cast early ballots in the county on Friday.
High turnout for early voting also continued at the Tulsa County Election Board. Officials say more than 700 people voted in the first two hours of early voting Saturday and lines formed outside the Election Board office for blocks.
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