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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1820 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; creating the Elec tion
Notary Accountability Act; providing short title;
requiring notary public to submit co py of receipt
book to county election board within certain time
frame; establishing misdemeanor offense; imposing
certain fine; subjecting notaries public to
investigation for election fraud under certain
circumstances; requiring certain ref erral to district
attorney; providing for codification; and providing
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-108.2 of Title 26, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Election
Notary Accountability Act ”.
B. On or after the effective date of this act, within thirty
(30) days after an election, each notary public shall submit a copy
of his or her notary receipt book covering the ninety (90) days
preceding the election to the county election board of the notary’s
residency for verific ation of the number of ballots notarized by the
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notary public. A notary public who does not comply with the
requirements of this se ction shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a
misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) per instance.
C. A notary public who intent ionally provides a false copy of
the notary receipt book shall be subject to prosecution for election
fraud. If the county election board determines that a notary has
notarized more than the authorized number of ballots or violated any
other provision of this a ct, the board shall notify the district
attorney who shall investigate any possible criminal violation .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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