Monday, August 22, 2022
What to know about Oklahoma’s upcoming election
Teyte Holcomb News Editor
to understand where your polling station is located, as well as if the location has been updated to a different location recently. Oklahoma residents receive a voter ID card after registering to vote, which includes political affiliation as well as polling station information. It is also important to remember to bring a valid governmentissued photo ID. This will allow the voting station to verify if you are at the correct polling location. To view a sample ballot, visit oklahoma. gov/elections to see the list of candidates. Results will begin to be released shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Check back on ocolly. com to see updates regarding election results.
Primary elections are just around the corner, and Oklahoma voters will cast their votes on Aug. 23. Polls in Oklahoma open at 7 a.m. and will be open until 7 p.m. Voting officials have said that this year’s voting polls are expected to be some of the highest numbers yet, and said the lines could be longer before and after the working hours. To combat this, officials recommend voting during the “slow” hours if at all possible, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. In voting in this election, news.ed@ocolly.com it is important
Next man up
Abby Cage
Gunnar Gundy, the son of OSU head coach Mike Gundy, is acclimating to a backup quarterback role.
Gundy taking on backup quarterback role with confidence
Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
Dru Norton The upcoming election in Oklahoma will determine who will be the democratic candidate to face incumbent Sen. James Lankford, as well as Superintendent of Public Instruction and Oklahoma County District Attorney.
For college athletes, the abundance of pressure that comes with being a student-athlete can be overbearing. OSU sophomore quarterback Gunnar Gundy feels this type of pressure especially. Not necessarily
because of college athletics alone— although that plays a huge part in it — but primarily because of his last name. The Gundy name has been engraved in the OSU and Stillwater community for decades, largely due to the profuse amount of success. Through 17 seasons as the head coach, Mike Gundy tallied 149 wins, cementing himself as the winningest coach in program history, while recording seven seasons with 10 or more wins, 16 winning seasons, two New
Year’s Six bowl victories, and the program’s first Big 12 conference title along the way. Gunnar felt the burden of carrying that last name on his shoulders throughout his high school career at Stillwater, and now during his college career at OSU. “The first year was awkward,” Gunnar said. “Everyone is getting used to me being his kid. My other teammates didn’t really know how to react to me (at first).” For Gunnar, the best part of playing in his
hometown is simple — fulfilling a lifelong dream of playing college football for OSU. Gunnar recalls days and nights of watching Cowboy football games on his home television, dressed in an orange OSU jersey, occasionally with a helmet around his head. In those moments, the boy would search for his father through the pixels on his home television and watch him pace the sidelines. See Gundy on page 2