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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2738 By: Duel
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to e lections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 7-136, which relates to canvassing of
returns; providing for continuous tabulation; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 7 -136, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-136. A. The county election board shall convene at
the county courthouse, or at such other place as the county election
board may designate on the day of each election , for the purpose of
receiving the offici al precinct returns and shall remain in session
until such precinct returns are all delivered. The board shall
cause to be continuously accumulated and listed the results of such
election, as the official precinct returns are received, in a manner
and upon forms prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election
Board.
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B. The county election board shall use such precinct returns to
certify the results of such election for county officers and
questions and shall transmit electronically or in writing as
prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board after 5 p.m.
on Friday following the election to the State Election Board the
completed county returns for all state officers and questions. Such
county returns shall be prima facie evidence of the correct ness of
the result in the several counties.
C. The State Election Board shall use such county returns to
certify the results of such election for all state officers and
questions after 5 p.m. on Tu esday next succeeding the election.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-7590 LRB 02/20/23