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From Thursday through Saturday, 3,382 ballots were turned in with most of those being in-person voting.There were 2,143 voters making their decision known personally at the Okmulgee court house while 1,240 voters mailed in their ballots. The mail-in absentee ballots can still be received at the county election board no later than 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The in-person voting set a new record for Okmulgee County. In the 2016 election, only 1,400 people came to the court house to vote.
By party those voting either by mail Saturday or in-person include: 1,490 republicans, 1,602 democrats, 21 libertarians and 270 independents.
Okmulgee County has 9,149 registered democrats, 7,438 republicans 2,632 independent party members and 74 libertarians.
Statewide republican voters outnumber registered democrats according to state election board numbers. There are 1,008,569 registered republicans, 738,256 democrats, 11,171 libertarians and 332,111 independents.
By 5 p.m. Saturday, 429,073 mail-in or in-person votes had been cast for the general election in all 77 Oklahoma counties.
The polls in each precinct open at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning and will close at 7 p.m.
There were plenty of strange looking monsters, critters and varmits along with some creative styles running up and down Main Street Friday. The town was buzzing with costumes as the annual Henryetta downtown Halloween celebration was held. Several thousand people roamed the streets getting candy and assorted goodies from the local merchants.
Henryetta Chamber of Commerce members officially welcomed The Flower Shop Plus to the business community Wednesday morning. The ribbon cutting at the medical marijuana dispensary on East Main was performed by owners Blake Frost and Kimberly Reeves Wilmoth.
This is the week that voters can make the trip to the ballot box early by going to the Okmulgee County court house. Early in person voting will be held Oct. 29 and Oct. 30 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.The general election will take place next Tuesday, Nov. 3 at precincts throughout the county. Anyone wishing to vote either early or on Nov. 3 must provide either the election board issued voter ID card or a photo ID card.
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The cold temperatures may have kept some spectators away from Cruise Knight Saturday but those attending still got to see a lot of good-looking rides and have fun visiting the number of booths and friends walking down the street. Some families elected to spend their time at the football field as Henryetta football parents presented a special Halloween movie.