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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 568 By: Boren
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to straight-party voting; amending 26
66	66	O.S. 2021, Sections 7 -119 and 7-127, which relate to
67	67	conduct of elections; eliminati ng straight-party
68	68	voting; making language gender neutral ; updating
69	69	statutory language; and providing an effective date .
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 7-119, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	Section 7-119. The voter shall vote by marking the ballot as
79	79	prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board for the
80	80	party of his choice or for the candidates of his or her choice or
81	81	for the answer he choice the voter desires to select on each
82	82	question.
83	83	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 7-127, is
84	84	amended to read as follows:
85	85	Section 7-127. The following rules shall govern th e counting
86	86	and recounting of vot es:
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138	138	1. If the name of any person is written on a ballot, the name
139	139	shall not be counted;
140	140	2. A valid vote shall be any mark prescribed by the Secretar y
141	141	of the State Election Board made by voters indicating the voter ’s
142	142	choice of party, candidate or issue on a ballot. Such marking shall
143	143	be hereinafter referred to in this section as “valid markings”.
144	144	Such valid markings located otherwise on the ballot shall not be
145	145	counted;
146	146	3. Marks used to designate the intention of the voter , other
147	147	than those herein defined as valid markings, shall not be counted;
148	148	4. Failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or m ore
149	149	candidates or questions shall not of itself invalidate the entire
150	150	ballot if the same has been properly marked as to other can didates
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152	152	5. A valid marking marked for a political party shall b e
153	153	counted as a vote for each of the political party’s candidates on
154	154	that ballot, except that a valid marking marked for a candidate’s
155	155	name shall take precedence, for that off ice, over a valid marking
156	156	for a political party. Provided, further, that if valid markings
157	157	are marked for more than one politi cal party on a ballot, the ballot
158	158	shall not be counted for any party office s thereon; and
159	159	6. Any ballot or part of a ballot on w hich it is impossible to
160	160	determine the voter’s choice of candidate shall be void a s to the
161	161	candidate or candidates thereby affected.
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213	213	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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