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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 525 By: Boren
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 2-121, which relates to offices of county
election boards; requiring county e lection board to
provide certain training; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -121, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2-121. A. It shall be the mandatory duty of the county
commissioners of each county to furnish, at county expense, in each
county seat a suitable office for the county election board. The
office shall provide adequate space for storage of election re cords
and supplies, voting devices, ballot boxes , and adequate space for
the exercise of other functions required by law of the county
election board and shall be equipped with suitable furniture , and
office equipment, and a telephone. The office shall be convenient
to the public, shall have furniture, furnishings and fixtures , and
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other equipment comparable to other county offices within the
county, and necessary to the operation of the office.
B. 1. The county commissioners of each county shall, at cou nty
expense, implement security measures at the county election board
that are equivalent to security measures the county provides to its
other county agencies, in order to ensure the county election board
office is adequately protected from physical intru sions or attacks
and to provide cybersecurity for county -owned computer system s
operated by the county election board.
2. County officials shall immediately notify the Secretary of
the State Election Board upon learning of an attempted or successful
physical or cyber attack or intrusion committed against the county
election board.
C. To ensure the security of election records, equipment,
computers, software, ballots, supplies , and other materials
necessary to conduct elections:
1. The county election boa rd shall not share storage space
where ballots, voter registration records , or election equipment are
stored with any other county agency unless authorized by the
Secretary of the State Election Board; and
2. No county personnel other than those employed by the county
election board shall be assigned workspace within the physical
offices that are assigned to the county election board ; and
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3. The county election board shall provide sufficient training,
approved by the Secretary of the State Election Board, to the county
sheriff and law enforcement officers of the county in order to
secure the election process pursuant to state law as well as secure
ballots pursuant to subsection C of Section 14 -115.4 of this title.
Provided, nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the county
election board office from being located within the county
courthouse or another county -owned building shared by multiple
county agencies, nor shall it restrict the county election board
from utilizing common areas intended for use by multiple county
agencies other than as specifically prohibited in this subsect ion.
D. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall have the
authority to enforce the requirements of, and may promulgate
administrative rules to implement the provisions of , this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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