OKLAHOMA CITY — Several controversial bills passed at the statehouse this week.

Oklahoma Speaker of the House, T.W. Shannon talks with NewsChannel 4′s Kent Ogle about about Workers Comp, Repairing the Capitol building and reducing the State Income Tax.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A recount in the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s race was stopped Wednesday afternoon at the Oklahoma County Election Board after Sheriff John Whetsel’s challenger, Republican Darrell Sorrels, realized he would not win.

Last week, Whetsel called the recount “harassment” and “total lunacy.”

It was supposed to take weeks to recount 253,191 votes for the Sheriff’s office.

Wednesday morning, Sorrels, who lost that race in a landslide, was inside the Election Board watching the slow hand count.

On Election Tuesday, he received only 35 percent of the vote against Whetsel, the Democratic incumbent.

“I chose to have a recount for accountability,” Sorrels said.

Sorrels had concerns over the way ballot results were coming in election night.

He said early returns on several media outlets showed him up 10 percentage points.

OKLAHOMA CITY — In Oklahoma, Election Day brought exceptionally long lines in some areas of the state.

Voters in all corners of Oklahoma County found themselves frustrated because of the wait and the way many were asked to cast their vote.

Oklahoma City resident Scott Lesser was asked to use a provisional ballot when he got to his westside polling place.

“Someone else signed their name on my line,” Lesser said. “It wasn’t my name. It wasn’t my signature. It didn’t match the one that was on my license.” 

Lesser was one of 1,752 Oklahoma County residents who filed a provisional ballot Tuesday, a 40-percent increase over the last Presidential Election in 2008.