Voters who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the February 8 Elections should apply now according to Election Secretaries. Also, Friday, January 14, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the February 8 Board of Education Primary and Special Elections.
 In Grady County, elections will be held for:
• CADDO-KIOWA TECH CENTER
 PROPOSITION NO. 1, (BUILDING FUND LEVY)
 PROPOSITION NO. 2, (MAKING ANY APPROVED BUILDING FUND LEVY PERMANENT)
• CITY OF TUTTLE
 MAYOR
  AARON McLEROY
  JUDY L. PRESTON
 COUNCILMEMBER WARD 3 (Unexpired Term)
  DARRELL ALCORN
  DEWEY TREY BUCK
• FRIEND PUBLIC SCHOOL
  PROPOSITION NO. 1
  PROPOSITION NO. 2
• BRIDGE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 PROPOSITION
• CITY OF BLANCHARD
 PROPOSITION
• BLANCHARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 2
  KRISTI MITCHELL
  LONNIE BEWLEY
  JUSTIN SMITH
• MARLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 PROPOSITION
In Caddo County elections will be held for:
• TOWN OF HINTON
 PROPOSITION
• CARNEGIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 BOARD MEMBER – OFFICE NO. 2
  WILLIAM L. BOETTGER JR.
  BRAD HOLSTED
  SHANNON T. WARE
• CADDO-KIOWA TECH CENTER
 PROPOSITION NO. 1, (BUILDING FUND LEVY)
 PROPOSITION NO. 2, (MAKING ANY APPROVED BUILDING FUND LEVY PERMANENT)
 Absentee ballots are available to any registered voter, provided they are eligible to vote in the election requested. No excuse is needed to vote by absentee ballot.
The deadline for requesting an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. Monday, January 24. Voters can submit a request using the OK Voter Portal at oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp. Request forms are also available at oklahoma.gov/elections and at the County Election Board office located at the Caddo County Courthouse, 110 SW 2nd St, Ste 112, Anadarko, OK.
 Voters are reminded to allow time for an absentee ballot to be received, completed, and returned by mail to the County Election Board.
 With some exceptions, all absentee ballots must be notarized before being returned. Voters should give themselves plenty of time to make sure all steps have been followed and that the ballot is returned correctly in order to be counted. Voters exempt from having a ballot notarized include those who are physically incapacitated, those who care for physically incapacitated individuals that cannot be left alone, and voters confined to nursing homes. Those voters may opt to have their ballot witnessed by two people.
Absentee ballots must be in the hands of the County Election Board no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day.
 The Caddo County Election Board is located at the Caddo County Courthouse, 110 SW 2nd St, Ste 112, Anadarko, OK and is open from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For questions, contact the Election Board at (405) 247-5001 or caddocounty@elections.ok.gov
 The Grady County Election Board is located at 307 West Pennsylvania Avenue
Chickasha in Chickasha. Contact the Election Board at 405-224-1430.