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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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| 6 | 6 | | HOUSE BILL 2344 By: Turner |
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| 12 | 12 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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| 14 | 14 | | An Act relating to elections; establishing pro cedures |
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| 15 | 15 | | for voters with a disability to request ballot; |
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| 16 | 16 | | providing for ballot and balloting materials to be |
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| 17 | 17 | | sent via electronic transmission ; providing for |
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| 18 | 18 | | transmission and return of ballot by certain time; |
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| 19 | 19 | | providing for codification; and providing an |
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| 20 | 20 | | effective date. |
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| 26 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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| 28 | 28 | | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14 -201 of Title 26, unless there |
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| 29 | 29 | | is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | A. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall establish |
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| 31 | 31 | | procedures with the same security measures as used in the submission |
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| 32 | 32 | | of ballots from military and overseas voters to enable a voter with |
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| 33 | 33 | | a disability to independently and privately mark a mail ballot or |
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| 34 | 34 | | use an electronic voting device that produces a paper re cord using |
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| 35 | 35 | | nonvisual access, low vision access or other assistive technology i n |
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| 36 | 36 | | order for the voter to vote in a mail ballot election pursuant to |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 14-108 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The procedures Req. No. 6752 Page 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall include an accessible method, to be determined by the |
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| 39 | 39 | | Secretary, by which a voter with a disability may request s uch a |
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| 40 | 40 | | ballot. |
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| 41 | 41 | | B. Upon receipt of the ballot application by a voter with a |
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| 42 | 42 | | disability, the secretary of the county election board shall |
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| 43 | 43 | | transmit the ballot and balloting material s to the voter by |
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| 44 | 44 | | electronic transmission . |
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| 45 | 45 | | C. If a ballot application from a voter with a disability |
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| 46 | 46 | | arrives after the jurisdiction begins transmitting ballots and |
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| 47 | 47 | | balloting materials to voters, the secretary of the county electio n |
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| 48 | 48 | | board shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter |
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| 49 | 49 | | within seventy-two (72) hours after the receipt of the ap plication. |
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| 50 | 50 | | D. A voter with a disability who receive s a ballot pursuant to |
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| 51 | 51 | | this section shall: |
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| 52 | 52 | | 1. Return the ballot via electro nic transmission to the c ounty |
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| 53 | 53 | | election board; or |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2. Print the ballot and return it to the county elec tion board |
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| 55 | 55 | | via United States Postal Service or hand -delivery. |
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| 56 | 56 | | Such ballot shall be received by the county election board before |
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| 57 | 57 | | the close of polls on th e day of the election. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 202 3. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 59-1-6752 LRB 01/17/23 |
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