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Published February 02, 2008 08:50 pm - So what will happen at your polling place Tuesday? In Missouri, you will be asked to choose one ballot from three that are available for the Republican, Democrat and Libertarian parties. Missouri, Oklahoma gear up primaries By Wally Kennedy wkennedy@joplinglobe.com So what will happen at your polling place Tuesday? In Missouri, you will be asked to choose one ballot from three that are available for the Republican, Democrat and Libertarian parties. You can mark your presidential preference on one ballot in the nonpartisan primary. In Oklahoma, the primary is closed in that you will be asked to declare whether you are registered as a Democrat or a Republican. You will be given a Republican or Democratic ballot to mark. If records at the polling place indicate you are not registered as a Democrat or Republican, your ballot will be marked provisional until the county election board can certify that you are a member of the party you declared. The Libertarian Party is not recognized in Oklahoma. In Missouri, there is no such thing as being “a registered” Republican, Libertarian or Democrat. A voter identification card or driver license must be presented to vote. The ballots are paper and will be optically scanned. Kay Baum, election officer for Newton County in Missouri, said, “There are three ballots. There are no nonpartisan issues. You will be asked to declare a party — Republican, Democrat and Libertarian — and then choose one of the presidential candidates.” This does not commit you to choosing the same party next time there’s an election. Newton County will have 23 polling places. Voters may participate via absentee ballot until 5 p.m. Monday at the county courthouse in Neosho. Machines for the visually impaired will be available in Newton and Jasper counties. Bonnie Earl, election officer for Jasper County, said, “We won’t have long lines to go through. We have approximately 48 polling places. “You choose one of the three ballots, and you can choose any ballot you want to choose.” But you may vote in only one party’s primary. Voters may participate via absentee ballots until 5 p.m. Monday at the courthouses in Joplin and Carthage. 
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