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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 482 By: Floyd
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2011,
66	66	Section 14-115.4, as last amended by Section 1,
67	67	Chapter 130, O.S.L. 2017 (26 O.S. Sup p. 2020, Section
68	68	14-115.4), which relates to in -person absentee
69	69	voting; increasing number of days for in -person
70	70	absentee voting; and providing an effective date.
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2011, Section 14 -115.4, as
77	77	last amended by Section 1, Chapter 130, O.S.L. 2017 (26 O.S. Supp.
78	78	2020, Section 14-115.4), is amended to read a s follows:
79	79	Section 14-115.4. A. 1. A registered voter may apply for an
80	80	in-person absentee ballot at a location designated by the secretary
81	81	of the county election board from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday,
82	82	Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday immediately preceding any
83	83	election and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday immediately preceding
84	84	a state or federal election. As part of the application for an in -
85	85	person absentee ballot such registered voter shall swear or affi rm
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138	138	the voter will not vote at the regular polling place in the election
139	139	for which the in-person absentee ballot is requested.
140	140	2. The secretary of the county election board in counties wi th
141	141	twenty-five thousand (25,000) or more registered voter s, or with an
142	142	area in excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square m iles,
143	143	may designate more than one location as an in -person absentee
144	144	polling place for an election, subject to the approval of and
145	145	pursuant to the rules and procedures prescribed by t he Secretary of
146	146	the State Election Board.
147	147	B. 1. The voter also shall pro vide proof of identity as
148	148	defined in Section 7 -114 of this title. If the voter declines to or
149	149	is unable to produce proof of identity, the voter may sign a
150	150	statement under oath, in a form approved by the S ecretary of the
151	151	State Election Board, swearing or a ffirming that the person is the
152	152	person identified on the precinct registry, and shall be allowed to
153	153	cast a provisional ballot as provided in Section 7 -116.1 of this
154	154	title.
155	155	2. False swearing or affirming u nder oath shall be punishable
156	156	as a felony as provid ed in Section 16-103 of this title, and the
157	157	penalty shall be distinctly set forth on the face of the statement.
158	158	C. One or more absentee voting boards shall be on duty at the
159	159	in-person absentee polling pla ce on the days and during the hours
160	160	set forth in subsection A of this section. If the secretary of a
161	161	county election board receives an application from a registered
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213	213	voter requesting to vote by in -person absentee ballot the secretary
214	214	shall cause to be impl emented the following procedures:
215	215	1. An absentee voting board shall provide to each registered
216	216	voter who applies for an in -person absentee ballot appropriate
217	217	ballots and materials as may be necessary to vote;
218	218	2. The voter must sign an in-person absentee voter record, and
219	219	the signature of the voter on suc h record must be certified by both
220	220	members of the absentee voting board, except that the secretary of
221	221	the county election boa rd and one other member of the absentee
222	222	voting board may certify the signature o f another member of the
223	223	absentee voting board;
224	224	3. The voter must mark the ballots of the voter in the manner
225	225	provided by law in the presence of the absentee voting board, but in
226	226	such a manner as to make it impossible for any person other than the
227	227	voter to ascertain how such ballots are marked. Insofar as is
228	228	possible, the voting procedure shall be the same as if the voter
229	229	were casting a vote in person at a precinct;
230	230	4. The voter shall then deposit the ballot in a voting device
231	231	designated for in-person absentee voting by the secretary of the
232	232	county election board;
233	233	5. When the in-person polling place is closed on each day of
234	234	in-person absentee voting the in -person absentee votin g board shall,
235	235	without obtaining a printout of results, r emove the electronic
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288	288	counted that day in a transfer case which shall be secured by the
289	289	sheriff of the county in the same manner as provid ed in Section 8-
290	290	110 of this title. The electronic result s storage media shall b e
291	291	sealed in a container prescribed by the Secretary of the State
292	292	Election Board. The sheriff shall secure the sealed electronic
293	293	results storage media container and return it t o the in-person
294	294	absentee voting board no later than 7:45 a.m. on the next day of in-
295	295	person absentee voting or to the secretary of t he county election
296	296	board at the time of the county election board meeting to count
297	297	absentee ballots on election day; and
298	298	6. If there is a malfunction in such a way that the electron ic
299	299	results storage medi a used for in-person absentee voting will not
300	300	function, the sheriff is authorized to return the transfer cases
301	301	containing in-person absentee ballots to the county election boar d
302	302	to be recounted as provided in Section 7 -134.1 of this title.
303	303	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novembe r 1, 2021.
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