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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1999 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to absentee voting; amending Section
1, Chapter 286, O.S.L. 2022 (26 O.S. Supp. 2023,
Section 14-115.12), which relates to accessible
absentee ballot for blind person; requiring certain
documentation to receive certain absentee ballot;
updating statutory references; and pr oviding an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 286, O.S.L.
2022 (26 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 14 -115.12), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 14-115.12. A. 1. A registered voter who swears or
affirms that the voter is physically unable to vot e in person at the
voter’s precinct on the day of the election because the voter is a
blind person and who provides documentation from a licensed
physician confirming that the voter is a blind person , as defined by
Section 72 of Title 7 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may request that an
accessible absentee ballot be delivered to the voter electronically
in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State Electio n Board.
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A system for electronic delivery of absentee ballots to voters who
are blind persons may include the same or similar requirements as
the electronic delivery system authorized for uniformed services
voters as set forth in Section 14-118 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma
Statutes this title.
2. An accessible absentee voting packet for voters who are
blind persons, which shall include all necessary materials except
the absentee ballot, shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the
State Election Board . The accessible absentee voting packet may be
delivered to the voter by United States mail or electro nically.
B. 1. The electronic delivery system may provide the voter the
opportunity to use the voter’s personal computer to mark an
accessible absentee ballot private ly and independently and then
print the marked ballot.
2. The absentee ballot shall b e accompanied by an absentee
ballot affidavit, which shall be executed in the same manner as
provided for affidavits in Section 14-113.2 of Title 26 of the
Oklahoma Statutes this title.
3. The voter shall return the absentee ballot and executed
affidavit to the secretary of the county election board in the same
manner provided in Sect ion 14-113.2 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma
Statutes this title. Nothing in this section shall allow for an
absentee ballot to be returned to the county election board
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electronically, and no absentee ballot returned electronically shall
be eligible to be counted by a county election board.
C. A registered voter who is a blind person, as defined by
Section 72 of Title 7 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may choose to
request the assistance of another person to com plete any
requirements of this section, as provided in Section 7-123.3 of
Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
D. Upon return of an absentee ballot described in t his section,
the secretary of the county election board shall c ause it to be
processed in the same manner as prescribed by law f or other absentee
ballots.
E. Any person who is not qualified for the electronic de livery
of an absentee ballot as provided in this section, but who applies
for an absentee ballot described in this section, shall be deemed
guilty of a felony as provided in Section 16-102.2 of Title 26 of
the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
F. The Secretary of the St ate Election Board may promulgate
rules or procedures to implement the requirements of this sect ion.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2025.
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