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in Oklahoma

• Oklahoma has about 2.1 million registered voters.

• The last day to register to vote on Nov. 4 was Friday. A final number of registered voters should be available later this month.

• The state last year removed nearly 100,000 names from voter registration rolls. Names are removed a person has not voted in the past six years. The voter rolls are purged every two years.

• Through Sept. 30, Oklahoma election officials registered 82,114 new voters – 37,401 Republicans, 32,229 Democrats and 12,484 independents. About 35,000 registered during September.

• Voter turnout for presidential elections in Oklahoma runs about 60 percent.

• During the Feb. 5 presidential primary, 752,075 Oklahomans voted, which smashed the previous record for a state presidential primary by more than 118,000 votes.

Heaviest voting occurs after polls first open at 7 a.m., during the noon hour and the last couple hours before polls close at 7 p.m.

• Voters can apply for absentee ballots until Oct. 29, or cast an in-person absentee ballot at county election board offices Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 and 3.

Source: State Election Board Secretary Michael Clingman

BY MICHAEL MCNUTT, Capitol Bureau