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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 525 By: Boren
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 2-121, which relates to offices of county
8 election boards; requiring county election board to
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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 2-121, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 2-121. A. It shall be the mandatory duty of the county
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16 commissioners of each county to furnish, at county expense, in each
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17 county seat a suitable office for the county election board. The
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18 office shall provide adequate space for storage of election records
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19 and supplies, voting devices, ballot boxes, and adequate space for
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20 the exercise of other functions required by law of the county
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21 election board and shall be equipped with suitable furniture, and
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22 office equipment, and a telephone. The office shall be convenient
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23 to the public, shall have furniture, furnishings and fixtures, and
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1 other equipment comparable to other county offices within the
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2 county, and necessary to the operation of the office.
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3 B. 1. The county commissioners of each county shall, at county
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4 expense, implement security measures at the county election board
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5 that are equivalent to security measures the county provides to its
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6 other county agencies, in order to ensure the county election board
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7 office is adequately protected from physical intrusions or attacks
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8 and to provide cybersecurity for county-owned computer systems
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9 operated by the county election board.
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10 2. County officials shall immediately notify the Secretary of
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11 the State Election Board upon learning of an attempted or successful
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12 physical or cyber attack or intrusion committed against the county
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13 election board.
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14 C. To ensure the security of election records, equipment,
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15 computers, software, ballots, supplies, and other materials
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16 necessary to conduct elections:
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17 1. The county election board shall not share storage space
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18 where ballots, voter registration records, or election equipment are
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19 stored with any other county agency unless authorized by the
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20 Secretary of the State Election Board; and
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21 2. No county personnel other than those employed by the county
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22 election board shall be assigned workspace within the physical
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23 offices that are assigned to the county election board; and
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1 3. The county election board shall provide sufficient training,
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2 approved by the Secretary of the State Election Board, to the county
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3 sheriff and law enforcement officers of the county in order to
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4 secure the election process pursuant to state law as well as secure
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5 ballots pursuant to subsection C of Section 14-115.4 of this title.
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6 Provided, nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the county
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7 election board office from being located within the county
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8 courthouse or another county-owned building shared by multiple
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9 county agencies, nor shall it restrict the county election board
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10 from utilizing common areas intended for use by multiple county
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11 agencies other than as specifically prohibited in this subsection.
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12 D. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall have the
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13 authority to enforce the requirements of, and may promulgate
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14 administrative rules to implement the provisions of, this section.
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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