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As concerns about election security persist less than four months from the primary elections, the secretary of Oklahoma’s Election Board released a letter to the federal government detailing how the state will spend millions of dollars to improve election security.
With the primary run-offs four weeks away and midterm elections just four months away, Oklahoma election officials have accepted millions of dollars in federal election money but forewent a security scan despite being targeted by Russia during the 2016 election season.
Polls have closed for Oklahoma's 2018 primary election. Polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday after opening at 7 a.m. for Oklahoma's first open governor's race since 2010.
Polls have opened across Oklahoma for the 2018 primary election for governor and other statewide and legislative seats.
The Oklahoma Secretary of State has given the go-ahead on a petition that could put two new measures on the November ballot.
The state election board has been forced to reverse a statement given earlier this year, saying there had been no evidence of attempted Russian interference, after a recent revelation from the Department of Homeland Security.
Oklahoma election officials say the state is one of several in which Russian hackers attempted to infiltrate state election computer systems before last year's elections.
The President’s commission on the integrity of elections has sent a letter to the Oklahoma secretary of state asking for information on voters including addresses, birthdays and the last four digits of social security numbers.
Oklahoma election officials say the state’s voting systems weren’t targeted by the Russian government last year despite evidence showing more than 20 other states were targeted.
Polls have now closed in Oklahoma.
There are less than two weeks to register to vote in the state of Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma State Election Board is asking people to turn in their application now before it’s too late.
A challenge to Oklahoma's voter ID law was dismissed this week.
