2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 26. Elections
§26-2-129. Compensation of precinct officials.
A. 1. For any election held on or after the effective date of this act, the inspector shall be paid Two Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($225.00).
2. For any election held on or after the effective date of this act, judges and clerks shall be paid Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
B. Precinct officials assigned to work a polling place ten (10) miles or more from their home, shall be allowed mileage reimbursement at the rate provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act for mileage incurred from their home to and from their assigned polling place. In addition, inspectors shall be allowed mileage reimbursement at the rate provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act for mileage incurred to receive or return ballots and materials for the election.
C. Compensation and mileage reimbursement provided shall be paid for any election conducted by a county election board.
D. 1. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the compensation described in subsections A and B of this section shall be paid by the county election board from county funds and the remainder shall be paid by the State Election Board for all regular Primary, Runoff Primary and General Elections for state and federal offices, for the Presidential Preferential Primary Election, and for all statewide special elections and all special elections for United States Representatives or United States Senators and State Senators or State Representatives.
2. Except for elections described in paragraph 1 of this subsection, for all other elections conducted by a county election board, the entity for which the election is being conducted shall pay the compensation and mileage reimbursement described in subsections A and B of this section; provided, if an election for more than one entity is conducted in the same precinct, the entities shall equally share the cost of precinct official compensation and mileage reimbursement for that precinct.
E. The secretary of the county election board may appoint volunteer precinct officials who shall not receive the compensation provided by this section.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-129, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 240, § 5, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1981, c. 286, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1995, c. 315, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 357, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 358, § 5, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 248, § 6, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2013, c. 202, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 491, § 8, eff. July 1, 2020; Laws 2023, c. 355, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.
