Well, a lot of facts look mighty suspecious, but I can explain the car registration. My state puts people on a 12 month rotation when they first register a vehicle, but often the renewals are spread out in time. My registration now is for 12 months each time I renew, but the first time was only for 9 months just like the above example. Someone could check and see if OK does this to even out the renewals by putting new people in a month that does not have a lot of renewals. I can well imagine the people who register in Feb in Oklahoma are fewer than in the warmer months.
On renewals it is for 12 months here after you purchase a new vehicle. If you buy a used car, you renew on the month that the original buyer registered the car originally. And after that it is every 12 months.
We bought a program car, got the license plate and had to renew two months later.
I too saw nothing suspicious in the car registration. I also wondered why so many of the facts we know here on FR, such as the roommate's ticket to Algeria (where is old roomie right now?), the attempts to enter the stadium, etc. are not being mentioned in these articles. But at least there ARE some articles.