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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 1013 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; creating the Elec tion
Notary Accountability Act; providing short title;
requiring notary public to submit co py of log to
county election board within certain time period;
establishing misdemeanor offense; imposing certain
fine; subjecting notaries public to investigation for
election fraud under certain circumstances; requiring
certain referral to district attorney; requiring
investigation under certain circumstances; providing
for codification; and providing effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-108.2 of Title 26, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be know n and may be cited as the “Election
Notary Accountability Act”.
B. On or after the effective date of this act, within thirty
(30) days after an election, each notary public shall submit a copy
of his or her notary log required pursuant to subsection B of
Section 14-108.1 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes covering the
ninety (90) days preceding the election to the county election board
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of the notary’s residency for verific ation of the number of ballots
notarized by the notary public. A notary public who does not comply
with the requirements of this section shall be, upon conviction,
guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per instance.
C. A notary public who intent ionally provides a false copy of
the notary log shall be subject to prosecution for election fraud.
If the county election board determines that a notary has notarized
more than the authorized number of ballots or violated any other
provision of this act, the board shall notify the district attorney
who shall investigate any possible crimi nal violation.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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