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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 329 By: Boren
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to absentee ballots; establishing
alternative procedures for execution of certain
absentee ballot affidavits; amending 26 O. S. 2021,
Section 14-133, which relates to notification of
rejection; updating statutory language; requiring
opportunity to cure certain defective application or
affidavit; modifying certain notice requirement;
requiring Secretary of the State Election Board to
promulgate certain rules and procedures; repealing 26
O.S. 2021, Section 14-115.7, which relates to
applicable procedure for properly executing an
absentee ballot affidavit; providing for
codification; and providing an 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 -115.8 of Title 26, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A voter who requests an absentee ballot pursuant to Section
14-105 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes may, in lieu of having
his or her signature notarized by a notary public as required by
Section 14-108 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes, sign th e
absentee ballot affidavit and attach a photocopy of a form of
identification described in subsection A of Section 7 -114 of Title
26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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B. A voter who requests an absentee ballot described pursuant
to Section 14-110.1 or Section 14-114 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma
Statutes may, in lieu of having his or her si gnature witnessed by
two witnesses, sign the absentee ballot affidavit and include a
photocopy of a form of identification described in subsection A of
Section 7-114 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -133, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 14-133. A. In the event a voter ’s application or
affidavit is rejected for any reason, the secretary of the cou nty
election board shall immediately notify said the voter in writing by
mail or electronically of the rejection and the reason therefor for
the rejection, pursuant to the rules promulgated by the Secretary of
the State Election Board .
B. A voter receivin g notice as described in subsection A of
this section shall be given the opportunity to cure the defective
application or affidavit pursuant to rules and procedures
promulgated by the Secretary of the State Election Board.
SECTION 3. REPEALER 26 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -115.7, is
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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