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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 129 By: Kirt
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to absentee voting; amending 26 O.S.
7 2021, Section 14-115.4, which relates to in-person
8 absentee voting; increasing number of days for in-
8 person absentee voting; updating statutory language;
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 14-115.4, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 14-115.4. A. 1. A registered voter may apply for an
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16 in-person absentee ballot at a location designated by the secretary
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17 of the county election board from:
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18 a. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday fourteen
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19 calendar days immediately preceding any election
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20 conducted by a county election board,
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21 b. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding
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22 a General Election, Primary Election, Runoff Primary
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23 Election or Presidential Preferential Primary Election
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1 as described in Sections 1-101, 1-102, 1-103 and 20-
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2 101 of this title, and
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3 c. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Wednesday immediately
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4 preceding a General Election as described in Section
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5 1-101 of this title.
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6 2. As part of the application for an in-person absentee ballot
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7 such registered voter shall swear or affirm that the voter has not
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8 voted a regular mail absentee ballot and that the voter will not
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9 vote at the regular polling place in the election for which the in-
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10 person absentee ballot is requested.
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11 3. The secretary of the county election board in counties with
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12 twenty-five thousand (25,000) or more registered voters, or with an
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13 area in excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square miles,
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14 may designate more than one location as an in-person absentee
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15 polling place for an election, subject to the approval of and
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16 pursuant to the procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the State
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17 Election Board.
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18 B. 1. The voter also shall provide proof of identity as
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19 defined in Section 7-114 of this title. If the voter declines to or
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20 is unable to produce proof of identity, the voter may sign a
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21 statement under oath, in a form approved by the Secretary of the
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22 State Election Board, swearing or affirming that the person is the
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23 person identified on the precinct registry, and shall be allowed to
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1 cast a provisional ballot as provided in Section 7-116.1 of this
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3 2. False swearing or affirming under oath shall be punishable
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4 as a felony as provided in Section 16-103 of this title, and the
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5 penalty shall be distinctly set forth on the face of the statement.
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6 C. One or more absentee voting boards shall be on duty at the
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7 in-person absentee polling place on the days and during the hours
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8 set forth in subsection A of this section. If the secretary of a
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9 county election board receives an application from a registered
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10 voter requesting to vote by in-person absentee ballot, the secretary
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11 shall cause to be implemented the following procedures:
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12 1. An absentee voting board shall provide to each registered
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13 voter who applies for an in-person absentee ballot appropriate
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14 ballots and materials as may be necessary to vote;
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15 2. The voter must sign an in-person absentee voter record, and
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16 the signature of the voter on such record must be certified by both
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17 members of the absentee voting board, except that the secretary of
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18 the county election board and one other member of the absentee
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19 voting board may certify the signature of another member of the
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20 absentee voting board;
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21 3. The voter must mark the ballots of the voter in the manner
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22 provided by law in the presence of the absentee voting board, but in
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23 such a manner as to make it impossible for any person other than the
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24 voter to ascertain how such ballots are marked. Insofar as is
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1 possible, the voting procedure shall be the same as if the voter
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2 were casting a vote in person at a precinct;
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3 4. The voter shall then deposit the ballot in a voting device
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4 designated for in-person absentee voting by the secretary of the
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5 county election board;
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6 5. When the in-person polling place is closed on each day of
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7 in-person absentee voting, the in-person absentee voting board
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8 shall, without obtaining a printout of results, remove the
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9 electronic results storage media from the voting device and seal
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10 ballots counted that day in a transfer case which shall be secured
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11 by the sheriff of the county in the same manner as provided in
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12 Section 8-110 of this title. The electronic results storage media
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13 shall be sealed in a container prescribed by the Secretary of the
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14 State Election Board. The sheriff shall secure the sealed
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15 electronic results storage media container and return it to the in-
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16 person absentee voting board no later than 7:45 a.m. on the next day
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17 of in-person absentee voting or to the secretary of the county
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18 election board at the time of the county election board meeting to
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19 count absentee ballots on election day; and
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20 6. If there is a malfunction in such a way that the electronic
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21 results storage media used for in-person absentee voting will not
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22 function, the sheriff is authorized to return the transfer cases
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23 containing in-person absentee ballots to the county election board
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24 to be recounted as provided in Section 7-134.1 of this title.
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
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