Oklahoma State Election Board

So while we're talking about election administration, here's something from right here in Oklahoma.

On Tuesday morning, October 13th, the Oklahoma State Election Board received an envelope containing a suspicious white powder and not the fun kind, damn it.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded.

The building was evacuated and additional emergency personnel were called to the scene.

Registration ended October 9th with a surge.

More than 1,900 people registered to vote through the State Election Board's online voter registration system on October 9th, the most of any single day in 2026, the state board reported on October 12th.

Now, the State Election Board did acknowledge the interface between its online voter registration system and Service Oklahoma's data system experienced a temporary communication outage for a couple of hours late in the afternoon.

But once that issue was identified, the matter was quickly resolved and nearly 800 applications, approximately 40% of the daily total, were then successfully submitted via the online system according to the State Election Board.

Meantime, interim studies are coming fast and furious at the Capitol these days.

Quorum Call covers those studies extensively.

It's a building that was definitely in need of modernization, the Jim Thorpe Memorial Office Building.

On Wednesday, state officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and announced the majority of the $700 million renovation of the building, which was originally constructed in 1938, nearly 90 years ago, was completed after three years of work.

[upbeat music] The AG has concerns over air quality regs.

The State Election Board says there were no issues with the online voter registration system Friday.

An Oklahoma tribal nation goes into the prediction market.

And a children's museum for Stillwater.

In Oklahoma City, I'm Grayson Wheeler.

Oklahoma's top election official says the state's online voter registration system worked properly Friday, despite reports of technical problems on the registration deadline.

State Election Board Secretary Paul Zirix says a temporary communication problem between the system and Service Oklahoma's driver license database was resolved within a couple of hours.

Zirix says the disruption had minimal impact, and most complaints involved applicants whose information did not match state records.

She voted against it.

And at the same time, she refused to support Senate Bill 1086, which requires the Secretary of the State Election Board to compare Oklahoma voter registration lists with federal, state, and local databases.

So cross-referencing to make sure that all the data is accurate and there isn't duplicate data or that somebody doesn't show up on one list but does on another, she voted against doing that.

And therefore, She stopped us.

That means if you haven't registered, the last day to do that is this Friday, October 9th.

Applications will be accepted any time leading up to the election, but the state election board must receive them by that date to be eligible.

To register to vote, visit the OK Voter portal online with your valid form of ID ready.

You can also print the form, fill it out by hand, and mail it or deliver it to your county election board.