Wednesday, November 3—Oklahoma, a state that is traditionally Republican, kept with tradition on Election Day. Oklahoma voted for President George W. Bush with 65 percent of the votes. Kerry received only 35 percent of the vote. Ralph Nader was not on the ballot here. Although that was with only 6 percent of the precincts reporting, experts say the trend to Bush would continue through the night as votes are counted.

"I expect it to be a very close national race, but Oklahoma is definitely going to Bush," said Chariny Herring, 30, a doctor from Oklahoma City.

Meredith Mills, 22, a student and employee at a local restaurant, voted in a church. She says she did not have to wait long to cast her ballot.

"I was in and out of the polls today," she said. "It wasn't very full."

In other parts of the state, voters waited in long lines to vote.

"It was very crowded," said Kari Reynolds, 22, a local child-care giver.

Oklahoma voters cast their ballots on a desk or tabletop covered by a cardboard partition. They use ballots where you connect an arrow to the chosen candidate's name.

One voter said he would accept whichever candidate won the race.

"I will feel disharmony and anger if my candidate doesn't win, but the winner of the election will be my President," Minister Parker Cross, 56, told Scholastic News Online.

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