Tulsa County and other surrounding counties saw increased early voter turnout compared to previous midterms.
In the 2022 midterms, there were around 16,000 early voters in Tulsa County. This year, that number skyrocketed to over 26,000 across the four days of early voting, a 62% increase. Tulsa County Election Board Communications Director Ronni Pierce said this increase is likely due to the addition of two new early voting sites this year: Chandler Park and O’Brien Park.
“The fact that we had record-breaking numbers, over 26,000 early voters, definitely had to do with opening up all of those four locations,” Pierce said…