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In a tense election year, leaders from Oklahoma’s Native nations want more of their citizens to head to the polls in November.

This timely and important book argues that our very idea of citizenship must be revised and expanded; indeed, we as a nation need to rethink our notion of citizenship if American democracy is to survive.

With Election Day arriving one week from today, we look at two very close contests happening here in the Sooner State.

The deadline for Oklahomans to register to vote in the November 8th General Election is just hours away.

Question: How do closed primaries weaken our democracy? Answer: They produce elected officials who are more accountable to their party than their constituents, they restrict participation while also reinforcing division, and they exclude independent voters (who are the largest, fastest-growing sector of the US electorate).

Oklahoma’s Hispanic population increased by 42% since the 2020 census, making it the state’s fastest-growing demographic. Yet 21,000 Spanish-speaking Oklahoma citizens will be required to cast ballots in a language they don’t fully understand next month.

The Oklahoma State Election Board says the deadline to vote or update voter registration is on Friday, October 14th.

A fire that started at a church in McAlester, Oklahoma has forced the polling location to close. Voters in precinct 7 and 40 are being asked to visit the Election Board Office to cast their vote for the state's primary elections.

Per unmuteok.org: "94% of Oklahoma elections are decided in the primary, not the general election. But Oklahoma has closed primaries. It's a bad system that shuts out 1 out of 5 voters who are Independent and limits the choices of Republicans and Democrats. We pay millions of dollars for these elections with our taxes. Oklahomans deserve an open system that lets all voters vote for who they want."

"Waldman's important and engaging account demonstrates that over the long term, the power of the democratic ideal prevails -- as long as the people so demand." -- The Washington Post