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2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 26. Elections
§26-14-113.2. Marking and return of ballot.

Universal Citation: 26 OK Stat § 14-113.2 (2023)
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A. 1. A voter who receives an absentee ballot pursuant to Section 14-110.1 of this title shall be responsible for marking the ballot or directing a person chosen by the voter to mark the ballot in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-123.3 of this title and as prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board;

2. The voter or person chosen by the voter shall seal the ballot in the plain opaque envelope;

3. The voter shall fill out completely and sign the affidavit or direct a person chosen by the voter to fill out completely and sign the voter’s name on the affidavit. The name and address of residence of the person chosen by the voter shall be printed on the affidavit;

4. The signature of the voter or person chosen by the voter shall be witnessed by two persons, who did not sign the affidavit on behalf of the voter, whose printed names, signatures, and addresses of residence shall appear on the affidavit; and

5. The voter or person chosen by the voter shall seal the plain opaque envelope inside the envelope bearing the affidavit and return both envelopes, sealed inside the return envelope, in the same manner described in Section 14-108 of this title.

B. No person, except members of absentee voting boards, shall witness the signature of more than five affidavits of persons who swear they are physically incapacitated and unable to vote in person at their precinct on election day. No person who is a candidate for an office on the ballot or who is related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to a candidate on the ballot may witness any absentee ballot affidavit.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 204, § 9, operative July 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 38, eff. March 1, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 176, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 357, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 358, § 12, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 447, § 16, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 485, § 11; Laws 2023, c. 356, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

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