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Dead last in voter turnout isn’t good enough. A few changes to Oklahoma election laws could help
Last again. In this year’s presidential election, barely half of eligible Oklahoma voters – 53% – cast a ballot, according to preliminary data. This turnout rate was the lowest of any state and a full 10 points below the national turnout rate of 63%.
Why did Oklahoma's voter turnout fall despite record numbers of early voters?
Iowa, a state with a similar number of people eligible to vote, had a turnout rate of 71% compared to Oklahoma's 53.4%. Iowa had a 20-day early voting window when voters in the state could vote at their county auditor's office or by mail.
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Despite record-breaking voter registration, turnout this year was lower than the previous two presidential elections in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma voter turnout lowest in the nation, drops from previous presidential elections
Despite record voter registration and early voting participation, Oklahoma had the lowest turnout rate among eligible voters in the country, one analysis found. Oklahoma’s turnout rate for the Nov. 5 election was 53%,
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State-level races are often decided in Republican primaries in Oklahoma, because there are no Independent or Democratic candidates on the ballot, leaving many voters locked out.
States with highest and lowest voter turnout in 2024
While votes are still being counted, voter turnout in the 2024 presidential election is on track to be on par with the historically large 2020 presidential election. As a majority of voters mailed their ballots in for the 2020 presidential election,
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On Election Day, only 58.55% of registered voters in Alabama turned out to the polls, marking one of the lowest voter turnouts for a presidential election in over 30 years, according to data from the Alabama Secretary of State's Office.
Oklahoma Has Lowest Voter Turnout In Nation, Despite Record-Breaking Registration
Oklahoma had record-breaking voter registration ahead of the 2024 general election, but a report showed that the state had the lowest voter turnout in the nation.
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