Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB92 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 12/29/2022

                             
 
 
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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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