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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 92 By: Kirt
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to voter registration; amending 2 6
O.S. 2021, Section 4 -109.3, as amended by Section 15,
Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (26 O .S. Supp. 2022, Section
4-109.3), which relates to motor vehicle li censing
agencies; authorizing State Election Board to develop
certain system; authorizing Secre tary of the Board to
provide certain info rmation to county election board;
providing for automatic voter registration;
prohibiting sending of ballots to certain persons;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -109.3, as
amended by Section 15, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (26 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 4-109.3), is amended to read as follows:
Section 4-109.3. A. When a qualified elector applies for
issuance or renewal of an Oklahoma driver license, or issuance of a
state identification card issued pu rsuant to Section 6-105 of Title
47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, he or she shall be provided voter
registration services as required by the National Vot er Registration
Act. All completed paper voter registration applications shall be
transmitted by the agency accepting the application at the close of
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business each week to the State Election Board in pre addressed,
postage prepaid envelopes provided by the State Election Board. If
a person registers or declines to register to vote, the offi ce at
which the person submits the voter registration application or the
fact that the person declined to register sh all remain confidential
and will be used only for vo ter registration purposes.
B. A change of address for an Oklahoma driver license or st ate
identification card submitted by a registered voter shall also serve
as a change of address for voter registratio n purposes if the new
address is within the same co unty where the voter is registered to
vote. If the new address is outside the county wh ere the voter is
currently registered to vote, the voter shall be sent a notice and
application with instructions for registering to vote at the new
address. A change of address for an Oklahoma driver license or
state identification card shall not be used to update a voter
registration address if the registrant states in writing that the
change of address is not for vot er registration purposes.
C. Licensed operators shall receive fifty cents ($0.50) per
valid paper voter registration application or appli cation for change
in voter registration taken by themselves and employees of the
licensed operator’s office taken at the licensed operator’s office,
payable by the State Election Board.
D. Service Oklahoma shall notify the Secretary of the State
Election Board of licensed operator appointments. Service Oklahoma
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shall notify the Secretary of the State Election Board of licensed
operators qualified to issue driver licenses.
E. The Secretary of the State El ection Board is authorized to
develop with Service Oklahoma a system to electronically transmit
voter registration applications from licensed operators to the State
Election Board or county election boards. Such system shall be
consistent with the requirements for electronic submission of voter
registration applications provided in Section 4 -109.4 of this title.
F. The Secretary of the State Election Board sha ll develop a
system by which Service Oklahoma and motor license agents sh all
provide to the Secretary electronic records containing the legal
name, age, residence, citizenship information , and the electronic
signature of each person who is a qualified elector or will be a
qualified elector within the next two (2) years.
G. Upon receiving the electron ic record for and electronic
signature of a qualifie d elector or a person who will become a
qualified elector within the next two (2) years, th e Secretary shall
provide the information to the county election board of the county
in which the person may be r egistered or preregistered as a
qualified elector. The Secretary or county election board shall
notify each person of the process to:
1. Decline being registered as a quali fied elector; or
2. Adopt a political party affiliation.
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H. If a person notified under subsection G of this section does
not decline to be registered as an elector within twenty -one (21)
calendar days after the Secretary or county election board issues
the notification, the person’s electronic record and electro nic
signature submitted under subsection F of this section shall
constitute a completed registration ca rd for the person for purposes
of this section. The person sha ll be registered to vote if the
county election board determines that the person is a qual ified
elector and the person is not already registered to vote. If the
person neither declines to be regist ered nor selects a political
party, the person shall be registered as an independent.
I. A county election board shall not send a ballot to, or add
to an elector registra tion list, a person who meets eligibility
requirements until at least twenty-one (21) calendar days after t he
Secretary or county election board provided notification to the
person as described in subsection G of this section.
J. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall promulgate
rules and procedures to implement the requ irements of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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