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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 1114 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; requiring the State
Election Board to update certain syste m; establishing
requirements for ballots; requirin g ballots to be
digitized and made available to th e public; requiring
promulgation of rules by Secretary of the State
Election Board; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-121 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follo ws:
By the effective date of this act, the State Election Board
shall update the system used fo r ballots for elections in this state
to meet the following requirements :
1. All ballots shall have a uni que identifier number or code
printed in at least two l ocations on the ballot;
2. All ballots shall have a perforated section that includes
the unique identifier number or code where the voter can tear off
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that portion of the ballot to keep as a method t o identify his or
her ballot;
3. Ballots shall be digit ized and made available to the general
public within thirty (30) days of each election to include the
following requirements:
a. all ballots shall be digitized and uploaded to a
publicly accessible website where the public can
scroll through and view all ballots,
b. all digitized ballots shall be searc hable by the
ballot unique identifier number or co de,
c. all digitized ballots shal l be maintained and
searchable on the publicly accessible website for at
least two (2) years after the election, and
d. all digitized ballot search options may be limited to
the county or precinct level in order to maintain
smaller file sizes on the publicly accessib le website;
and
4. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall promulgate
rules for the implementation of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2024.
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