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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 205 By: Kirt
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to voter registration; amending 26
O.S. 2011, Section 4 -109.3, as last amended by
Section 1, Chapter 242, O.S.L. 2017 (26 O .S. Supp.
2020, Section 4-109.3), which relates to application
for voter registration; authorizing State Election
Board to develop certain system; authorizing
Secretary of the Board to provide certain info rmation
to county election board; providing for aut omatic
voter registration; prohibiting sending of ballots to
certain persons; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -109.3, as
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 242, O.S.L. 2017 (26 O.S. Supp.
2020, Section 4-109.3), is amended to read as follows:
Section 4-109.3. A. When a qualified elec tor applies for
issuance or renewal o f an Oklahoma driver license, or issuance of a
state identification card i ssued pursuant to Section 6 -105 of Title
47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, he or she shall be provided voter
registration services as required by the National Voter Registration
Act. All completed paper voter registration applications sh all be
transmitted by the agency accepting the application at the close of
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business each week to the State Election Board in preaddressed,
postage-prepaid envelopes pro vided by the State Election Board. I f
a person registers or declines to register to vot e, the office at
which the person submits the voter registration application or the
fact that the person declined to register shall remain confidential
and will be used only for voter registration purposes .
B. A change of address for an Oklahoma driver li cense or state
identification card submitted by a registered voter shall also serve
as a change of address for voter registration purposes if the new
address is within the same county where the voter is re gistered to
vote. If the new address is outside th e county where the vote r is
currently registered to vote, the voter shall be sent a notice and
application with instructions for registering to vote at the new
address. A change of address for an Oklahoma driver license or
state identification card shall not be used to update a voter
registration address if the registrant states in writing that the
change of address is not for voter registration purposes.
C. Motor license agents shall receive fifty cents ($0.50) per
valid paper voter registration applicat ion or application for change
in voter registration taken by themselves and employees of the motor
license agent's office taken at the agent 's office, payable by the
State Election Board.
D. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall notify the Secretary of
the State Election Board of m otor license agent appointments. The
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Oklahoma Department of Public Safety shall notify the Secretary of
the State Election Board of motor licens e agents qualified to issue
driver licenses.
E. The Secretary of the State Election Boa rd is authorized to
develop with the Department of Public Safety a system to
electronically transmit voter registration applications from motor
license agencies to the State Election Board or county electi on
boards. Such system shall be consistent with th e requirements for
electronic submission of voter registration applications provided in
Section 4-109.4 of this title.
F. The Secretary of the State Election Board sha ll develop a
system by which the Depa rtment of Public Safety and motor license
agents shall provide to the Secr etary electronic records containing
the legal name, age, residence, citizenship information and the
electronic signature of each person who is a qualified elector or
will be a qualified elector within the next two (2) years.
G. Upon receiving the electron ic record for and electronic
signature of a qualified elector or a person who will become a
qualified elector within the next two (2) years, th e Secretary shall
provide the informati on to the county election board of the county
in which the person may be r egistered or preregistered as a
qualified elector. The Secretary or county election board shall
notify each person of the process to:
1. Decline being registered as a qualified ele ctor; or
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2. Adopt a political party affiliation.
H. If a person notified under subsection G of this section does
not decline to be registered as an elector within twenty -one (21)
calendar days after the Secretary or county election board issues
the notification, the person's electronic record and electro nic
signature submitted under subsection F of this section shall
constitute a completed registration card for the person for purposes
of this section. The person sha ll be registered to vote if the
county election board determines that the person is a qual ified
elector and the person is not already registered to vote.
I. A county election board shall not send a ballot to, or add
to an elector registration list, a pers on who meets eligibility
requirements until at least twenty-one (21) calendar days after t he
Secretary or county election board provided notification to the
person as described in subsection G of this section.
J. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall promulgate
rules and procedures t o implement the requirements of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 20 21.
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