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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 712 By: Jech of the Senate
and
Lowe (Dick), Newton and
McDugle of the House
An Act relating to conduct of elections; amending 26
O.S. 2011, Sections 7 -102.1 and 7-117, which relate
to precinct registries; authorizing use of electronic
precinct registries; authorizing purchase of certain
equipment; requiring Secretary of State Election
Board to promulgate certain rule s; requiring
retention of certain information for specified time
period; updating statutory language; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2011, Section 7-102.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-102.1. A. Prior to the day of the election, it shall
be the duty of the secretary of the county election board to prepare
for each precinct where an election is to be held in the county, a
written or electronic precinct registry which shall contain
information on all registered voters in the precinct as prescribed
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by the Secretary of the State Election Board. The information which
is or would be contained in such a registry shall at all times be
public information.
B. The Secretary of the State Election Board may authorize the
use of electronic precinct registries by one or more county election
boards. Subject to available funding, the Secretary may purchase
any equipment and software necessary t o implement an electronic
precinct registry system. The Secretary shall promulgate rules as
necessary to implement, operate and maintain security for a system
of electronic precinct registries.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2011, Section 7-117, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-117. A. Persons who have been determined to be
eligible to vote shall sign, in the presence of the clerk, the
proper precinct registry. Said The clerk shall thereupon then issue
proper ballots to said the person. The voter’s signature on said
the precinct registry shall be the best evidence of said the voter’s
having voted at said election. Said precinct registry
B. Precinct registries including data from electronic precinct
registries, shall be retained in the office of by the county
election board for a period of twenty-two (22) twenty-four (24)
months following the election and shall be subject to public
inspection during regular office hours .
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SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
04/06/2021 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.