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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 103 By: Kirt of the Senate
and
Pae of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to absentee ballots; amending 26 O.S.
2021, Section 14-113.2, which relates to marking an d
return of ballot; modifying procedures for marking
and return of ballots for certain persons; providing
an effective date; and declaring an e mergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -113.2, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 14-113.2. A. The 1. A voter who receives an absentee
ballot pursuant to Section 14 -110.1 of this title shall be
responsible for marking the ballots ballot or directing a person
chosen by the voter to mark the ballots ballot in accordance with
the provisions of Section 7 -123.3 of this title and as prescribed by
the Secretary of the State Election B oard;
2. The voter shall seal the ballots ballot in the plain opaque
envelope;
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3. The voter shall fill out completely and sign the affidavit
or direct a person chosen by the voter to sign the affidavit, such
whose name and address of r esidence shall be printed on the
affidavit;
4. The signature to of the voter shall be witnessed by two
persons, who did not sig n the affidavit on behalf of the voter ,
whose printed name, signature, and address of residence shall appear
on the affidavit; and
5. The voter shall seal the plain opaque envelope inside the
envelope bearing the affidavit and return both envelopes, sealed
inside the return envelope, by United States mail or by a private
mail service, provided such service has delivery documentation, to
the county election board in the same manner described in Section
14-108 of this title.
B. No person, except members of absentee voting boards, shall
witness the signature of more than five affidavits of persons who
swear they are physically incapacitated and unable to vote in person
at their precinct on election day. No person who is a candidate for
an office on the ballot or who is related within the third degree of
consanguinity or affinity to a candidate on the ballot may witness
any absentee ballot af fidavit.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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