Early voting is Thursday and Friday for Tuesday’s Better Streets, Safer City special election. 

Early voting is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days at the county election board in the county where you’re registered:

• Oklahoma County, 4201 N Lincoln Blvd.
• Canadian County, 200 S Bickford Ave. in El Reno
• Cleveland County, 641 E Robinson Street #200 in Norman
• Pottawatomie County, 13101 Acme Rd. in Shawnee

Regular voting is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 12. Find your polling location here. 

For early or regular voting, state law requires voters to have their voter I.D. card or a state-, federal- or tribal-issued photo I.D. like a driver’s license or passport. Voters without I.D. can sign an affidavit affirming their identity to cast a provisional ballot.

All Oklahoma City voters with current, valid voter registration are eligible to vote in the election. The deadline to register for the election was Aug. 18, and the deadline to request an absentee ballot was Wednesday.

About the election

The Oklahoma City Council voted to call a special election Sept. 12 for voters to consider investing more than $1.2 billion in critical infrastructure like streets and sidewalks, including an annual $26 million boost for public safety and other day-to-day operations. 

The Council approved three proposals to present to voters:

• A 10-year, $967 million bond package to invest in streets, police and fire facilities, parks and other basic needs. The bond package would succeed the almost-complete 2007 bond program.
• A temporary, 27-month continuation of the expiring MAPS 3 penny sales tax to fund $240 million for street resurfacing, streetscapes, trails, sidewalks and bicycle infrastructure.
• A permanent ¼ cent sales tax to fund $26 million annually in police services, fire protection and other critical services.

The proposals will be presented on the ballot separately: One item for the ¼ cent permanent sales tax, one item for the temporary penny sales tax, and one item for each of the 13 bond propositions.

If voters approve the permanent ¼ cent sales tax, it would be the first increase in the permanent general operations sales tax rate since voters approved a 1-cent raise in 1976.

If voters approve the temporary penny sales tax, it would continue the use of the same penny previously approved as part of the MAPS program.

The average property tax rate of 16 mills will remain the same as it has since the 1980s. 

Read more about the proposals at okc.gov/bettersafer. 

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