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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 579 By: Boren
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to absentee ballots; establishing
alternative procedures for execution of certain
absentee ballot affidavits; repealing Section 2,
Chapter 10, O.S.L. 2020 (26 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
14-115.7), which relates to applicable procedure for
properly executing an absentee ballot affidavit;
providing for codification; and providing an
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 115.8 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows:
1. A voter who requests an absentee ballot pursuant to Section
14-105 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Sta tutes may, in lieu of having
his or her signature notarized by a notary publi c as required by
Section 14-108 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes, sign the
absentee ballot affidavit and attach a photocopy of a form of
identification described in subsection A of Section 7-114 of Title
26 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or
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2. A voter who requests an absentee ballot described pursu ant
to Section 14-110.1 or Section 14-114 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma
Statutes may, in lieu of having his or her signature witnessed by
two witnesses, sign the absentee ballot affidavit and include a
photocopy of a form of identification described in s ubsection A of
Section 7-114 of Title 26 of the Oklahom a Statutes.
SECTION 2. REPEALER Section 2, Chapter 10, O.S.L. 2020
(26 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 14-115.7), is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effe ctive November 1, 2021.
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