There are quite a few elections coming up—but so is Oklahoma’s voter registration deadline.
With Tuesday, Sept. 17, being National Voter Registration Day, there’s a big push to get more Americans registered ahead of the Nov. 5 elections.
2 News reporter Douglas Braff went out into the community to speak directly with Tulsans about their voting plans.
The 2020 presidential election had the highest voter turnout in this century so far, with 66.8% of citizens 18 years and older casting ballots. Meanwhile, the Sooner State had the lowest turnout rate at 54.8%.
Taking a closer look at those numbers, about 120,000 more Oklahomans are already registered to vote right now (2,381,255) versus the start of November 2020 (2,259,113). While the state’s already on track to beat 2020 voter registration rates, it’s important to keep in mind that those rates don’t always correlate with the number of people who actually wind up voting.
Most people 2 News spoke with on the streets of Tulsa were registered to vote or at least plan to.