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26 OK Stat § 26-16-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-113. Interference with voter or conduct of election.

|Any person, including a lawfully appointed watcher or exit pollster, who interferes with a registered voter who is attempting to vote, or any person who attempts to influence the vote of another by means of force or intimidation, or any person who interferes with the orderly and lawful conduct of an election shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-113, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 307, § 11, emerg. eff. May 17, 2004.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-114. Failure to perform duty.

|Any member or employee of a county election board, absentee voting board or any precinct official who willfully fails to perform his or her lawful duty shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-114, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 491, § 30, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-115. Disclosure by voter.

|Any person who, within the election enclosure, discloses to any other person how he voted shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-115, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-116. Disclosure by election official.

|Any election official who discloses how any voter may have voted shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-116, operative Jan. 1, 1975. d
26 OK Stat § 26-16-117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-117. Disclosure of count.

|Any person who discloses the count during an election prior to the time such disclosure is authorized by law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-117, operative Jan. 1, 1975. de
26 OK Stat § 26-16-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-119. Expenditure of public funds.

|Any official in this state who shall direct or authorize the expenditure of any public funds under his care, except as specifically authorized by law, to be used either in support of, or in opposition to, any measure which is being referred to a vote of the people by means of the initiative or referendum, or which citizens of this state are attempting to have referred to a vote of the people by the initiative or referendum, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and the office held by such party shall be adjudged vacant and shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-119, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-120 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-120. Illegal printing or possession of certain voting materials.

|Any person who causes to be printed, or who has in his or her possession ballots or blank or fraudulent voter identification cards not authorized by law shall be deemed guilty of a felony. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-120, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 52, § 3, emerg. eff. April 9, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 260, § 25, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Laws 2009, c. 31, § 6, eff. July 1, 2011 (State Question No. 746, Legislative Referendum No. 347, adopted at election held on Nov. 2, 2010).
26 OK Stat § 26-16-123 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-123. Voter registration or voting crimes - Notification of district attorney - Investigation and report.

|A. The Secretary of the State Election Board or any county election board who has documents that appear to be evidence of voter registration or voting crimes shall notify the district attorney for the county or counties involved. |B. When presented with documentation of possible voter registration or voting crimes by the Secretary of the State Election Board or any county election board, a district attorney shall investigate and, within thirty (30) days and each thirty (30) days thereafter following receipt of such documentation, report in writing to the Secretary of the State Election Board or county election board the status of the investigation until charges are filed or the district attorney declines to file charges.Added by Laws 1997, c. 177, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-123.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-123.1. Witnessing signature of more than certain number of affidavits of persons swearing incapacitation - Violation.

|Any person, except members of absentee voting boards, who witnesses 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 shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. |Added by Laws 2002, c. 447, § 21, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-124. Election-related unauthorized access or tampering - Penalty.

|Any person who accesses or attempts to access without authorization, or who tampers with or attempts to tamper with, any hardware, software, application, network or any part of an election management system, election results tabulation system, voter registration system or other election-related system of the State Election Board or a county election board, shall be deemed guilty of a felony. |Added by Laws 2019, c. 163, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-125 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-125. Sharing of voting image to intimidate or influence – Demanding or requiring another to share voting image.

|A. Any person who shares such an image as described in Section 7-109 or 14-107 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes in order to intimidate, coerce or unlawfully influence another voter, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. |B. No employer, supervisor, union leader, or other person with authority or influence over another person, shall demand or require that person to distribute or share an image of his or her voted ballot. Any person who violates this subsection shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.Added by Laws 2019, c. 457, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 16-124 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
26 OK Stat § 26-16-126 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-16-126. Ballot harvesting - Misdemeanor.

|A. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to engage in or to conspire to engage in absentee ballot harvesting, as defined in Section 1 of this act, involving fewer than ten absentee ballots at any election conducted in this state by a county election board, the State Election Board or a subdivision of this state. |B. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to direct or cause another person or persons to commit acts of ballot harvesting, as defined in Section 1 of this act, involving fewer than ten absentee ballots at any election conducted in this state by a county election board, the State Election Board or a subdivision of this state.Added by Laws 2020, c. 151, § 14, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
26 OK Stat § 26-17-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-17-112. Effect of headings.

|Article and section headings contained in this act shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any article or section hereof. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 17-112, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-20-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-20-101. Date of primary - Other elections prohibited.

|A. A Presidential Preferential Primary for recognized political parties shall be held on the first Tuesday in March in each of the years in which the President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected. |B. If one or more states having a mutual boundary with this state establish a single date for a regional primary, the State Election Board is authorized to change the date of the Oklahoma primary to the date established for the regional primary, as long as the date is not before the first Tuesday in March.C. No county, municipality, school district or other entity authorized by law to call elections shall schedule an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date of any such Primary Election. However, this subsection shall not apply to home rule municipalities.Added by Laws 1986, c. 4, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Laws 2003, c. 174, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2011, c. 145, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.NOTE: Laws 2011, c. 196, § 17 repealed by Laws 2011, c. 340, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
26 OK Stat § 26-20-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-20-102. Filing with Secretary of the State Election Board - Qualifications - Petition - Fees - Ballots.

|A. Candidates for the nomination for President of the United States shall file with the Secretary of the State Election Board. Such candidates shall be members of political parties recognized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and shall have filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and shall have raised and expended not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the office. The candidates shall be required to swear an oath or affirm that they meet the aforementioned qualifications, and their signatures shall be witnessed by a notary public. Such filing beginning at 8:00 a.m. on the first Monday in December and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the next succeeding Wednesday, or at a time prescribed by the State Election Board for a Presidential Preferential Primary to be held on a date other than the first Tuesday in March. A statement of candidacy must be accompanied by a petition supporting a candidate's filing signed by one percent (1%) of the registered voters in each congressional district eligible to vote for a candidate or one thousand (1,000) registered voters in each congressional district eligible to vote for a candidate, whichever is less, as reflected by the latest January 15 registration report; or by a cashier's check or certified check in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The State Election Board shall cause the names of all candidates who have filed within the proper time to be printed on the official ballots. The ballots shall be prepared as provided for by law. Voters shall be restricted to one vote for the candidate of his or her choice of the political party in which the voter is registered. |B. Each page of a petition supporting a candidate's filing shall identify the county and the congressional district, and shall contain the names of registered voters in only one congressional district and in only one county.C. Each page of a petition supporting a candidate's filing shall be verified. Verification shall be made in substantial compliance with the provisions of Section 6 of Title 34 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1986, c. 4, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 86, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2003, c. 485, § 24; Laws 2011, c. 196, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2017, c. 268, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
26 OK Stat § 26-20-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-20-103. Primary election statutes applicable.

|Except as provided for in this act, the provisions of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes relating to primary elections shall apply to Presidential Preferential Primary elections. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 4, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
26 OK Stat § 26-20-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-20-105. Delegates and alternates to file affidavits on voting.

|No person selected as a delegate or alternate delegate shall qualify to attend the national convention of his political party unless he files with the state central committee of his party a signed affidavit of acceptance stating his name, address, that he is a registered voter of the political party and, pursuant to effectuating the purpose and the result of the Presidential Preferential Primary in this state, that he pledges himself to vote as provided for in Section 4 of this act. |Any vote cast by a delegate which is not in accordance with his delegate pledge shall be void.Added by Laws 1986, c. 4, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
26 OK Stat § 26-21-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-21-101. Study of unitary, unified, integrated system of election administration - Implementation of electronic data processing applications and purchase of voting devices.

|A. The Secretary of the State Election Board is hereby authorized beginning July 1, 1989, to purchase equipment for and implement a unitary, unified, integrated system of election administration for the State of Oklahoma that includes an electronic data processing system for maintenance of voter registration records, certification of election results and other election-related applications, and the installation of electronic, optical scanning voting devices compatible with the same system in every precinct polling place. |B. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to adopt procedures consistent, insofar as practicable, with existing law for implementation of the system.C. Except as provided in subsection A, no electronic data processing applications shall be implemented by a county election board, nor shall voting devices be purchased by a county, except for those electronic data processing applications and voting devices already in use or for which a contract had been signed by no later than March 31, 1986.Added by Laws 1986, c. 137, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1986. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 338, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1989.
26 OK Stat § 26-21-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-21-102. Procedures to protect proprietary interest in computer programs.

|The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to adopt procedures and take any other actions consistent with existing law to protect the state's proprietary interest in computer programs and software, training materials, publications and any other documents developed as part of a unitary, unified, integrated system of election administration for the State of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 331, § 20, eff. July 1, 1990.
26 OK Stat § 26-22-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-22-101. Declaration of election emergency - Contingency plan.

|A. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to declare an election emergency for any area of the state in the event that one or more of the following circumstances has occurred or is imminent, and such circumstances could make substantial compliance with state and federal election laws impossible or unreasonable, or could disrupt voter registration, voting, the tabulation of votes or the certification of election results: |1. A national or local emergency, either natural or manmade;2. Interference with election technology or election computer systems or networks;3. A physical attack or physical threat to polling places, election offices, election officials or voters;4. A security threat verified by federal or state security officials;5. A criminal threat or activity verified by federal, state or local law enforcement officials; or6. A major failure of voting hardware, software or computer systems or networks.The declaration must be made in writing and must specify the county or counties, election or elections and dates covered by the emergency.B. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall coordinate with the Oklahoma National Guard, the State Chief Information Officer, the Office of Emergency Management, the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and such other federal or state security officials the Secretary deems appropriate, to develop a contingency plan for a major election emergency.C. The Secretary of the State Election Board may request the assistance of the Oklahoma National Guard in the conduct of an election during a declared election emergency, upon approval of the Governor. Such assistance shall not be deemed to be in violation of the provisions of Section 16-113 of this title or Section 4 of Article II or Section 5 of Article III of the Oklahoma Constitution.D. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to promulgate rules and procedures for elections conducted under an election emergency declaration consistent with purposes of state and federal election laws.Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 41, eff. March 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 139, § 18; Laws 2013, c. 114, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 163, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
26 OK Stat § 26-22-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-22-102. Ballot printing.

|In an election emergency declared by the Secretary of the State Election Board, the provisions of Section 6-101 et seq. of this title shall govern ballot printing. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall be authorized to permit any changes to the ballot format necessary as a result of the election emergency. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 42, eff. March 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 139, § 19.
26 OK Stat § 26-22-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-22-104. Method of counting.

|A. In a declared election emergency when the ballots are counted manually, the counting of ballots shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of Sections 7-127 and 22-105 of this title and the procedure prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board so as to ensure accuracy and promptness in determining the result. Provided, however, that the following provisions shall be incorporated into the prescribed procedure: |1. In elections for which counters have been authorized, two counters, of different political parties if possible, shall call from the ballots the names of the candidates voted for, while two other counters, also of different political parties if possible, shall record the votes upon the official tally sheets. Only pencils may be used in recording the vote;2. If only two counters are authorized for an election, they shall be of different political parties, if possible. Both counters shall examine the ballots at the same time, while calling out the vote and recording the vote upon the tally sheets in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board; and3. If no counters are authorized for an election, the judge and clerk shall count the ballots cast in the precinct, and the county election board chair and vice-chair shall count the absentee ballots.B. In a declared election emergency when ballots are to be counted with voting devices, the counting of ballots shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of Sections 7-127 and 22-105 of this title and the procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board so as to ensure the accuracy and promptness in determining the result.C. It shall be unlawful for any person to divulge the progress of the count until after all ballots have been counted and the results of the count have been certified.Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 44, eff. March 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 139, § 20.
26 OK Stat § 26-22-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-22-105. Procedures governing counting.

|In a declared election emergency, the Secretary of the State Election Board shall prescribe procedures to govern the counting and recounting of votes. Such procedures for the counting or recounting of ballots shall follow, as nearly as is practicable, the provisions set forth in Section 7-127 of this title. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 45, eff. March 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 139, § 21.
26 OK Stat § 26-22-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-22-106. Reason for failure to count to be noted.

|In a declared election emergency, if a ballot or part of a ballot is not counted for any reason, a counter shall write said reason on the back of said ballot, and sign said statement. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 46, eff. March 1, 1992.
26 OK Stat § 26-22-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-22-109. Certificate of vote.

|A. In a declared election emergency when the ballots are to be counted manually, at the conclusion of the official count, the counters shall execute certificates of vote wherein the counters attest to the correctness of the totals. The inspector shall cause one copy of each certificate to be posted on the door or entrance of the polling place and shall cause one copy of each certificate to be transmitted forthwith to the Secretary of the State Election Board. The secretary of the county election board shall cause one copy of each absentee certificate of vote to be posted on the door of the county election board office. |B. In a declared election emergency when ballots are to be counted with voting devices, the certificates of vote shall be produced as required by Section 7-132 of this title and the procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board.Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 49, eff. March 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 139, § 22.
26 OK Stat § 26-22-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-22-110. Ballots and materials placed in ballot transfer box - Return to county election board.

|In a declared election emergency, all ballots and all materials used in conducting the official count shall be placed in a ballot transfer box. The ballot transfer box shall be sealed in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board, and the inspector shall return it, along with all other election materials and a copy of each certificate of vote, forthwith to the county election board. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 50, eff. March 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 139, § 23.
27 OK Stat § 27-1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27. Eminent Domain|§27-1. State lands subject to right of eminent domain

|The lands set apart for the use and benefit of the State of Oklahoma for public schools, for public buildings and educational institutions, either by congressional enactment or executive reservation, are hereby declared to be subject to the right of eminent domain in behalf of any public enterprises now authorized by law to condemn private property for sewers, railroads, side tracks, station grounds and other municipal or corporate public uses, and all of the laws of this state with reference to the taking of private property for public use are hereby made applicable to the said lands. |R.L. 1910, § 3183. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 117, § 1.