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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1457 By: Standridge
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to election audits; creating the
Post-Election Forensic Audit Act of 2022; providing
short title; requiring appointment of independent
third party to conduct forensic audit of the November
2020 election in designated counties; establishing
deadlines for certain appointment and com pletion of
audits; requiring submission of certain report;
designating potential funding so urces for conducting
audit; providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sec tion of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-130.1 of Title 26, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cite d as the “Post-
Election Forensic Audit Act of 2022”.
B. The Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint an
independent third party to conduct a forensic audit of the general
election that took place on Novemb er 3, 2020. Such independent
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third party shall be appointed no later than thirty (30) days after
the effective date of this act.
C. The independent third party appointed under subsection B of
this section shall complete an audit for every precinct in:
1. The three most populous counties as determined by the 2020
federal decennial census ;
2. The three least populous counties as de termined by the 2020
federal decennial census; and
3. Three counties randomly selected by the independent third
party.
D. Audits required by this section shall be completed no later
than ninety (90) days after the date of the appointment of the
independent third party. Upon completion, the independent third
party shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives that identifies and details any anomaly or
discrepancy in voter data, ballot data, or tabulation.
E. Funding required to complete the require ments of this
section shall be app ropriated by the Legislature from funds
available from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu rity
Act (CARES) or the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, healt h or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act sh all take effect and
be in full force from and after i ts passage and approval.
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