Attack of the Robots

From the Obama youtube channel:

More Early Voting

I've seen reports from both Tulsa and Oklahoma City that early voting lines are quite long, but manageable. In both cases the lines are snaking out around the board of election parking lot. However, reports are that the lines move fast. Wait time in OKC this morning was about an hour, and in Tulsa 45 minutes.



Make sure you budget yourself the proper amount of time, but please get out and vote as soon as you can.

First Day of Early Voting

Today is the first day of early voting. Just come on down to your County Election Board offices (see my previous post for directions) between the hours of 8AM and 6PM. For Tulsa County voters that is 555 N. Devner, in downtown Tulsa.

One thing I neglected to mention is that state law prohibits you from entering the polling place wearing any candidate supporting materials. So leave your Obama buttons and shirts at home, or put on a sweater over them. I'd like to ask everyone to bring an extra sweater or jacket to lend in case one of your neighbors in line did not realize this. Some of them might object to voting topless.

If you can't come in today, there is also early voting Saturday and Monday. Please try to vote early this year. The line will probably be shorter, and it will help prevent polling place directed shenanigans from taking your vote away.

Obama Visit
We weren't successful in securing an Obama visit to Tulsa this cycle. However, he will be visting Springfield MO tomorrow night. That's about a 3 hour drive from Tulsa. So if you are up for that kind of road trip, check out the info here. I checked out the venue and it seats about 8,000.

Obamathon

In case you missed it (like you were stuck in a closet last night or something), here's Obama's infomercial

Tomorrow - First Day of Voting

If you missed yesterday's deadline to request an Absentee Ballot, than you are going to have to go vote the old-fashioned way: in person.

The good news is that the first day you can do that is not November 4, but rather tomorrow, October 31. That is the first day of early voting in Oklahoma. The other days are Saturday, November 1, and Monday November 3 (the day before the general election).

Early Voting does work a bit differently than regular voting. You do not go to your normal polling place. Instead you must show up at your County Election Board sometime between 8AM and 6PM. The Tulsa area election board offices are:

• Tulsa County: 555 N Devner Avenue.
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• Osage County: 630 Kihekah Ave., Pawhuska
  
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• Creek County - 230 E. Hobson Ave., Sapulpa
  
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• Rodgers County - 216 S. Missouri Ave., Claremore
  
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• Wagoner County - 208 N Lee Ave., Wagoner
  
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There is no guarantee that the lines won't be as long on early voting days as they will be for the general election, so budget yourself an hour or so, particularly in Tulsa County. However, if one of these days is better for you than Tuesday, this is when you want to vote.

I sent in my absentee ballot yesterday, so I can tell you from experience that getting the actual voting behind you removes a bit of the stress. So vote early if you can.

Obama Admission

This just in: Obama admits to sharing his toys in Kindergarten.

Absentee - Last Day

This is the last day you can request an Absentee ballot in Oklahoma. We are requesting that everyone vote this way this year, in order to free up line space. This will be particularly important for working folk, those with small children, and those who can't stand in line for hours due to physical infirmity. However, the request needs to be in your county election board's hands today!

Download and print out the request from from the state board of elections website.
Complete the form, and fax it in (or hand-carry it) to your county board of elections. The area Fax numbers are.

• Tulsa County - 596-5775 (Closes at 5PM)


• Osage County - 587-4820 (Closes at 4PM)


• Creek County - 227-6332 (Closes at 5PM)


• Rodgers County - 341-4666 (Closes at 5PM)


• Wagoner County - 485-8063 (Closes at 4:30PM)

A couple of days after you do this, you will receive your ballots in the mail. Mrs. Mule and I both have already received our ballots and marked them. I'm sending mine in today, and hers goes in Friday.