OKLAHOMA RURAL SCHOOLS COALITION 2024 FINAL NOVEMBER ELECTION VOTER GUIDE
ELECTION DATE IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH
This voter guide includes profiles on all Oklahoma elections that influence public education in the November 5th Final Election. We have included links in each profile to candidate websites and social media accounts to provide you with public resources to help with your own independent research. We encourage you to reach out to candidates directly if you have questions not answered by this voter guide.
Voters can verify their House and Senate districts AND check for their polling locations at this link: https://okvoterportal.okelections.us
You must be registered to vote no later than October 11th to participate in this election. You can register online to vote at: https://okvoterportal.okelections.us/Home/RegWizard. An Oklahoma Driver License/State ID and a signature on file with Service Oklahoma is required to register online. You can also register in person at your County Election board. Most libraries and tag agencies have physical voter registration forms you can fill out and mail in.
Absentee ballots can be obtained by logging into your voter portal at https://okvoterportal.okelections.us. Absentee ballots must be requested no later than October 21st
All candidates on the ballot for House and Senate were invited to participate in our questionnaire. Questions are based on priority issues for rural voters who support public education.
Any candidates verified with direct ties to anti-public school entities will automatically be classified with warning.
✅ Candidates labeled as "Proven Public Ed Champions" are either incumbents with a solid historical record of supporting our priority education bills across the board OR non-incumbents who have invested significant time and resources advocating for public education in the public/legislative realm over the course several years.
✅ Candidates labeled as “Public Ed Pick” are candidates we believe are solid choices for public education in their respective races. Occasionally, we have the good fortune of having more than one candidate on a race ballot that we determine fit our classification system as a Public Ed Pick. In that instance, we may issue a Public Ed Pick for multiple candidates in a race.
❌ Candidates labeled as "Caution Ahead" or "Extreme Caution Ahead" have been identified as the most dangerous to public education if elected. These candidates have been identified as such due to highly concerning rhetoric surrounding public education in their public communications AND/OR they have been identified as being affiliated with or endorsed by anti-public education organizations and individuals. We have also placed caution warnings on candidates that have very limited public information available (no website, limited or no social media, etc).
If a candidate has no label it means they did not prioritize answering our candidate questionnaire and/or we do not have enough information to give them a rating either way.
If your district(s) are not included in this guide, that means they do not have an election on the November ballot.
If you are unsure of your House or Senate district number, you can log into the Oklahoma Voter Portal to find yours here: https://okvoterportal.okelections.us/