It is important to vote in elections to make your voice heard. The upcoming general election in Oklahoma is November 3, 2026. The deadline to register to vote in this election is October 9, 2026.
To register in person, go to theMarshallCountyElection Board office in the courthouse in Madill. You can also register at your local tag agency, or with select public assistance agencies when you apply for, update, or renew services.
To register by mail, fill out and mail a Voter Registration Application using the OK Voter Portal “wizard.” You can download a Voter Registration Application from the State Election Board website. Applications are also available at your County Election Board, most tag agencies, libraries, and post offices. Mail or hand deliver the application to your County Election Board to complete the process.
To register online, use the OK Voter Portal's Online Voter Registration System (https://oklahoma.gov/elections/ ovp.html). An Oklahoma Driver License/State ID and a signature on file with Service Oklahoma is required. You can also check yourregistrationstatususing this site. If you’re wondering why you might need to check, just pay attention to what’s been going lately on with voter rolls in neighboring Texas.
FUN FACT: You can register to vote in the November election at age 17, If, your 18th birthday falls before November 3.Now,herearethree reasons why it is your duty to participate in selecting your next Governor, state officers, legislature, local authorities and Oklahoma’s US Senator and Congressional Representatives on November 3: People worked and struggled, for a long time, to enable you to vote.
• When America was founded, only white, male property owners were eligible to vote
• The 15th Amendment, adopted into the U.S. Constitution in 1870, granted Black men the right to vote.
• In 1924, The Indian citizenship Act (Snyder Act) granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States.
Barriers including poll taxes and tests were widely used to suppress Black and Indigenous voting rights until 1965.
• Women fought for – and won – voting rights in 1920, when the 19th Amendment was adopted.
• The 23rd Amendment, passed in 1961, allowed Washington, D.C. Residents to vote in Presidential Elections.
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed tests, poll taxes, and removed barriers at the state and local levels that constrained voting for Blacks and Native Americans.
• The 26th Amendment, in 1971, gave 18-year-olds the right to vote, lowering the age from 21.
This change was a reaction to the number of 18-20-yearolds fighting - and dying - in Vietnam.
• Rights for Non-English-Speaking Voters became law in 1975.
• The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984, requiring polling places in federal elections to be accessible for people with disabilities and the elderly.
The laws above were fought-for and hard-won. They opened and expanded voting rights.