1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 376 By: Howard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to absentee voting; amending 26 O.S.
7 2021, Section 14-113.2, which relates to marking and
8 return of ballot; clarifying signature requirement
8 for certain affidavit; updating statutory language;
9 and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 14-113.2, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 14-113.2. A. The voter shall be responsible for
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16 marking:
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17 1. Marking the ballots or directing a person chosen by the
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18 voter to mark the ballots in accordance with the provisions of
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19 Section 7-123.3 of this title and as prescribed by the Secretary of
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20 the State Election Board; seal
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21 2. Sealing the ballots in the plain opaque envelope; fill
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22 3. Filling out completely and sign signing the affidavit or
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23 direct directing a person chosen by the voter to sign the voter’s
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24 name on the affidavit,; such signature to shall be witnessed by two
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 1 persons, who did not sign the affidavit, whose signature and address
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2 shall appear on the affidavit; seal and
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3 4. Sealing the plain opaque envelope inside the envelope
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4 bearing the affidavit and return returning both envelopes, sealed
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5 inside the return envelope, by United States mail or by a private
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6 mail service, provided such service has delivery documentation, to
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7 the county election board.
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8 B. No person, except members of absentee voting boards, shall
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9 witness the signature of more than five affidavits of persons who
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10 swear they are physically incapacitated and unable to vote in person
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11 at their precinct on election day. No person who is a candidate for
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12 an office on the ballot or who is related within the third degree of
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13 consanguinity or affinity to a candidate on the ballot may witness
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14 any absentee ballot affidavit.
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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