Voting tips offered by Election Board Secretary

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, for the Guthrie School District, Cashion School District, Crescent School District, Luther School District, Mulhall/Orlando School, Francis Tuttle Vo-Tech, and Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech Annual School Election, and City of Guthrie Special Election, Logan County Election Board Secretary Erin Dorio offered voters tips on how to make their votes count.

Dorio said that a valid ballot marking—a filled-in box (in either blue or black ballpoint ink)—is important. If voters make mistakes marking their ballots, Dorio said they should not try to correct those errors. Instead, a voter should return the spoiled ballot to precinct officials, who will destroy it and issue a new ballot to the voter.

Dorio also urged voters to take their voter identification cards with them to the polls. “Your voter ID card (issued by the Logan County Election Board) can help precinct officials find your name in the Precinct Registry, and it may help them resolve the problem if you are not listed in the Registry for some reason,” Dorio explained. Alternatively, voters can bring an unexpired photo ID card issued by the U.S. government, the state of Oklahoma, or a federally recognized tribal government.

Voters without ID, or whose names are not found in the Precinct Registry, or voters who disagree with the information shown in the Registry, may always cast a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot is sealed in a special envelope and counted after election day if the voter’s information can be verified by the County Election Board.

Dorio said that voters who want to get through the line quickly should vote a mid-morning or mid-afternoon, because those usually are the two slowest periods.

“Anyone who is eligible and in line at the polling place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday will be entitled to vote,” the Logan County Election Board Secretary added.

Following is a list of the precinct polling places in the Guthrie School District, Cashion School District, Crescent School District, Luther School District, Mulhall/Orlando School, Francis Tuttle Vo-Tech, and Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech Annual School Election, and City of Guthrie Special Election Election on February 9:

101 First Baptist Church (18750 West Hwy 74F, Cashion)

102 Harmony Community Church (1202 South Pennsylvania, Guthrie)

103 Oak Cliff Fire Station #2 (Santa Fe & Charter Oak, Edmond)

104 Seward Road Baptist Church (4801 West Seward Road, Guthrie)

105 Lakeview Baptist Church (Seward and Sooner Road, Guthrie)

106 Waterloo Church of the Nazarene (457 West Waterloo Road, Edmond)

201 First Christian Church (200 West Main, Coyle)

203 Meridian Fire Station (12250 Hwy 105, Guthrie)

204 Guthrie Housing Authority (1524 Perkins, Guthrie)

205 Bible Baptist Church (4820 South Division, Guthrie)

206 Hispanic Baptist Church (11300 South Douglas Blvd, Guthrie)

207 Woodcrest Baptist Church (11300 South Douglas Blvd, Guthrie)