Tulsa County Election Board Expects Long Days Counting Absentee Ballots

The Tulsa County Election Board is looking at a long day of processing absentee ballots after they say more than three times as many people requested absentee ballots compared to the 2016 election. Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman said that more than 74,000 absentee ballot requests were made for the 2020 election and currently more than 80% of them have been returned. Election Board officials are expecting that number to climb on Tuesday as they continue processing ballots.

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 6:22 am

By: News On 6

Tulsa -

The Tulsa County Election Board is looking at a long day of processing absentee ballots after they say more than three times as many people requested absentee ballots compared to the 2016 election.

Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman said that more than 74,000 absentee ballot requests were made for the 2020 election and currently more than 80% of them have been returned. Election Board officials are expecting that number to climb on Tuesday as they continue processing ballots.

Freeman said that on Monday, around 3,200 ballots were processed, not including hand-delivered ballots.

The deadline for ballots to be delivered to the election board by hand was Monday at 5 p.m. and for ballots that are being mailed in, the deadline for the Election Board to receive them is 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Election Board officials want to stress to voters that they cannot vote at the Election Board on Tuesday, they must go to their assigned polling place.