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Election 2008: Oklahoma primary interest perked
By RON JENKINS Associated Press Writer
Published:
1/10/2008 12:41 PM
Last Modified: 1/10/2008 12:41 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahomans will have a lot of choices for president when it shares the limelight with 23 other states that hold primaries or caucuses in the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday election.
"Oklahoma doesn't take people off the ballot just because they drop out," Election Board Secretary Mike Clingman said Thursday.
Therefore, 11 Republicans and seven Democrats will be on the ballot in the state, including one Oklahoma resident, Democrat Jim Rogers of Midwest City.
State party leader say former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards has the edge in the Democratic race over front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is given the edge among Republicans.
Edwards finished a strong second to Wesley Clark in the Democratic primary four years ago, but was second to Clinton in a poll of Democrats conducted in Oklahoma in late December.
Clingman said it is too early to predict a turnout for the race, but said telephones at the Election Board have been busy with people checking their registration status.
"It's too early to tell, but we are expecting it to be bigger than normal," the election official said. He said the lack of a clear front-runner usually leads to a high turnout.
Obama won in the Iowa caucuses last week, but finished second to Clinton in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. Huckabee also won in Iowa, but was third behind winner John McCain and Mitt Romney in New Hampshire.
Friday is the registration deadline for the Oklahoma election. However, voters
do not have to register or reregister unless they have changed party affiliation, their address or their name or have not voted for approximately six years.
Just over two million of the state's 3.5 million residents are registered voters. About 50 percent are Democrats, 39 percent are Republicans and 11 percent are independents.
Democrats on the Oklahoma ballot are Obama, Clinton, Edwards, Bill Richardson, Dennis J. Kucinich, Christopher Dodd and Rogers. Dodd has dropped out of the race and Richardson was expected to abandon his bid.
Republicans on the ballot are Huckabee, McCain, Romney, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Jerry R. Curry, Alan L. Keyes, Fred Thompson and Daniel Gilbert. Trancredo has left the campaign.
By RON JENKINS Associated Press Writer
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Whitecloud
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It would make it so much easier for the Okla. voter if the ballots were not so cluttered. Guess that would be too much of a job for the Election Board! Want to make every thing as easy as we can for some of these overworked public employees.
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We do have some qualified individuals running in the presidential race and it is going to be up to us to pick the very best.
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I do not think America is ready for a female. I am a female yet I do not want a president crying when she gets tired. And, most women do just that - - cry when they get tired or mad.
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Judy
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Go Duncan Hunter
gohunter08 dot com
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David Monk
, Tulsa (1/11/2008 8:48:53 PM)
Election reform is an issue in Oklahoma. I hope to hear more idea's on how we can open the system and make it more inclusive.
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Bruce
, Stillwater (1/12/2008 12:25:22 AM)
50 percent of Oklahoma voters are Democrats? Could have fooled me. When was the last time a Democrat candidate won a presidential election here?
Go John Edwards.
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Kyle
, Del City (1/18/2008 2:57:52 AM)
Jim Rogers for President! I'm on board...
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Jason
, Tulsa (1/21/2008 1:26:49 PM)
Not ready for a woman? I must ask, are we ready for a colored president?
I suppose all the gangsters out there will feel that they have become above the law now that a black man is " in the house" to protect them.
Go Hillary!!
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Aaron
, Tulsa (1/30/2008 7:01:01 PM)
THANKS Jason, it's always great to hear the "spirit" of Oklahoma come to the surface! And you wonder WHY the issue of "race" still comes up in 2008? JASON had the answer to that question!
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MIKE
, BA (3/8/2008 9:23:36 AM)
I do not think jason is showing the spirit of OK.
I do think that the colored community needs to wake up, stop populating prisions, selling crack, shooting each other and try to get into college. Mabe this is why race is still an issue in 2008.
EVERYONE in this country has a fair chance to become a contributing useful member of society. The colored community (not all, but a great number of them) choose not to.
WHY?
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