1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 205 By: Kirt
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to voter registration; amending 26
7 O.S. 2011, Section 4-109.3, as last amended by
8 Section 1, Chapter 242, O.S.L. 2017 (26 O.S. Supp.
8 2020, Section 4-109.3), which relates to application
9 for voter registration; authorizing State Election
9 Board to develop certain system; authorizing
10 Secretary of the Board to provide certain information
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11 voter registration; prohibiting sending of ballots to
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2011, Section 4-109.3, as
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16 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 242, O.S.L. 2017 (26 O.S. Supp.
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17 2020, Section 4-109.3), is amended to read as follows:
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18 Section 4-109.3. A. When a qualified elector applies for
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19 issuance or renewal of an Oklahoma driver license, or issuance of a
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20 state identification card issued pursuant to Section 6-105 of Title
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21 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, he or she shall be provided voter
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22 registration services as required by the National Voter Registration
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23 Act. All completed paper voter registration applications shall be
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24 transmitted by the agency accepting the application at the close of
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 1 business each week to the State Election Board in preaddressed,
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2 postage-prepaid envelopes provided by the State Election Board. If
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3 a person registers or declines to register to vote, the office at
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4 which the person submits the voter registration application or the
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5 fact that the person declined to register shall remain confidential
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6 and will be used only for voter registration purposes.
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7 B. A change of address for an Oklahoma driver license or state
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8 identification card submitted by a registered voter shall also serve
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9 as a change of address for voter registration purposes if the new
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10 address is within the same county where the voter is registered to
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11 vote. If the new address is outside the county where the voter is
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12 currently registered to vote, the voter shall be sent a notice and
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13 application with instructions for registering to vote at the new
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14 address. A change of address for an Oklahoma driver license or
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15 state identification card shall not be used to update a voter
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16 registration address if the registrant states in writing that the
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17 change of address is not for voter registration purposes.
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18 C. Motor license agents shall receive fifty cents ($0.50) per
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19 valid paper voter registration application or application for change
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20 in voter registration taken by themselves and employees of the motor
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21 license agent's office taken at the agent's office, payable by the
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22 State Election Board.
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23 D. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall notify the Secretary of
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24 the State Election Board of motor license agent appointments. The
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 1 Oklahoma Department of Public Safety shall notify the Secretary of
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2 the State Election Board of motor license agents qualified to issue
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3 driver licenses.
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4 E. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to
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5 develop with the Department of Public Safety a system to
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6 electronically transmit voter registration applications from motor
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7 license agencies to the State Election Board or county election
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8 boards. Such system shall be consistent with the requirements for
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9 electronic submission of voter registration applications provided in
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10 Section 4-109.4 of this title.
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11 F. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall develop a
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12 system by which the Department of Public Safety and motor license
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13 agents shall provide to the Secretary electronic records containing
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14 the legal name, age, residence, citizenship information and the
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15 electronic signature of each person who is a qualified elector or
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16 will be a qualified elector within the next two (2) years.
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17 G. Upon receiving the electronic record for and electronic
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18 signature of a qualified elector or a person who will become a
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19 qualified elector within the next two (2) years, the Secretary shall
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20 provide the information to the county election board of the county
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21 in which the person may be registered or preregistered as a
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22 qualified elector. The Secretary or county election board shall
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23 notify each person of the process to:
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24 1. Decline being registered as a qualified elector; or
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 1 2. Adopt a political party affiliation.
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2 H. If a person notified under subsection G of this section does
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3 not decline to be registered as an elector within twenty-one (21)
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4 calendar days after the Secretary or county election board issues
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5 the notification, the person's electronic record and electronic
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6 signature submitted under subsection F of this section shall
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7 constitute a completed registration card for the person for purposes
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8 of this section. The person shall be registered to vote if the
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9 county election board determines that the person is a qualified
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10 elector and the person is not already registered to vote.
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11 I. A county election board shall not send a ballot to, or add
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12 to an elector registration list, a person who meets eligibility
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13 requirements until at least twenty-one (21) calendar days after the
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14 Secretary or county election board provided notification to the
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15 person as described in subsection G of this section.
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16 J. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall promulgate
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17 rules and procedures to implement the requirements of this section.
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18 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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