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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 1112 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O. S. 2021,
Sections 7-108 and 16-111, which relate to
electioneering; modifying prohibited activities at
polling place or voting site; defining terms;
modifying elements of certain misdemeano r offense;
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 -108, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-108. A. No person shall be allowed to electioneer
within three hundred (300) feet of any ballot box inside any polling
place or in-person absentee voting site while an election is in
progress, nor shall any. No person or persons, except election
officials, voters registered and voting at the polling place or
voting site, a minor child or dependent acco mpanying such voters and
other persons authorized by law, shall be allowed inside the
election enclosure or within fifty (50) feet of any ballot box the
entrance to a polling place or in-person absentee voting site while
an election is in progress. No printed material other than that
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provided by the election board shall be publicly pl aced or exposed
within three hundred (300) feet of any ballot box, inside any
polling place or in-person absentee voting site while an election is
in progress.
B. For purposes of this title:
1. “Electioneering” means:
a. advocating directly for o r against a candidate or
question that is on the ballot at t he election, either
verbally or with visual materi als, signs or clothing,
or
b. collecting signatures for a petition to pla ce an issue
or question on a future ballot; and
2. “Election enclosure” means the areas of a polling place
where voters sign the precinct regis try and are issued ballots,
where voting booths are located, where a voting device or ballot box
is located, and any room, hallway or other space wherein such
activities take place.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 16 -111, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 16-111. Any person who electioneers within three
hundred (300) feet of any ballot box inside a polling place or in-
person absentee voting site or to a person who is standing in line
to vote outside the polling place o r voting site while an election
is in progress, and any person except election officials , voters
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registered and voting at the polling place or voting site, a minor
child or dependent accompany ing such voters and other persons
authorized by law who remains within fifty (50) feet of any ballot
box the entrance to a polling place or in -person absentee voting
site while an election is in progress shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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