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26 OK Stat § 26-8-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-112. Conduct of recount - Duties of presiding judge.

|Once service has been accomplished, the recount shall commence pursuant to the order executed by the secretary of the appropriate election board. In the event of a recount for an office under the jurisdiction of the State Election Board, the actual recount of ballots shall be conducted by the county election board or boards as assigned by the Secretary of the State Election Board. The recount shall be conducted in the courtroom of the district court in the county or counties for which the recount is requested, and it shall be the duty of a judge of said court in and for said county to attend and, in conjunction with said county election board, conduct such recount. The petitioner or petitioner's agent shall be present and remain in attendance when the district court judge calls the proceedings to order. In the event the petitioner or petitioner's agent is not present, the recount shall not be conducted and the deposit shall be forfeited by the petitioner. It shall be the exclusive and sole duty of said judge to hear evidence as to whether the ballots have been preserved in the manner and by the officers prescribed by law, and as to whether they are the identical ballots cast by the voters, and that they have not been exposed to the reach of unauthorized persons, as to afford a reasonable opportunity of their having been changed or tampered with. The judgment of said court upon such questions shall be final and conclusive. If the court cannot determine that the ballots have been properly preserved, then no recount shall be conducted. If the judgment of the court is that the ballots have been properly preserved, then the recount of the ballots shall be conducted immediately thereafter under the exclusive supervision of the county election board. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-112, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 65, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-113. Agents for candidates.

|The candidate or individual authorized to request a recount pursuant to Section 8-111 of this title shall be authorized to commission in writing no more than one agent in each county wherein the recount is being conducted to act in his behalf. Said commission shall be filed with the secretary of the appropriate county election board. The same authority shall be granted to any contestee. Such agent, or agents, shall have full authority to act on behalf of the contestant he is commissioned to represent in the absence of said contestant. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-113, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-114. Procedure for recount – Determination of validity of ballots – Watchers and counters.

|A. If a recount is to be conducted using electronic voting devices, the devices used shall be tested for accuracy by the county election board, giving all contestants, or their agents, an opportunity to view the testing procedure. In conducting a recount using electronic voting devices, the county election board shall open the transfer cases containing regular ballots and counted provisional ballots from each requested precinct or for absentee ballots individually and shall assign the ballots to one or more voting devices operated by persons appointed by the secretary of the county election board. The county election board shall supervise such counting and its decision shall be final in all cases. The county election board shall have the authority, by a majority vote, to determine if a ballot is valid and if the ballot should be counted. Each contestant is entitled to have a watcher present at each place where a voting device is being used. The watcher shall be limited to a challenge, in writing, of any action taken by operators of the voting devices. Such challenge shall be made immediately to the county election board, whose decision on the challenge shall be final. |B. In conducting a manual recount of ballots, the county election board shall open the transfer cases containing regular ballots and counted provisional ballots from each requested precinct or for absentee ballots individually and shall assign the ballots to a group of counters appointed by the secretary of the county election board. Counters shall then conduct the recount in the same manner as provided by law for counting ballots in Primary, Runoff Primary and General Elections. The county election board shall supervise such counting and its decision shall be final in all cases. The county election board shall have the authority, by a majority vote, to determine if a ballot is valid and if the ballot should be counted. Each candidate affected by or individual petitioning for the recount is entitled to have a watcher present at each place where a count is being made. The watcher shall be limited to a challenge, in writing, of any decision made by the counters with regard to counting of a ballot. Such challenge shall be made immediately to the county election board, whose decision on the challenge shall be final. Each group of counters shall have representation of at least two political parties, where possible. The counters shall be appointed from among the registered voters of the county and shall meet such qualifications as may be imposed for a precinct inspector, judge or clerk. Counters shall be paid on the same basis as precinct judges and clerks are paid for Primary, Runoff Primary or General Elections.Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-114, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 289, § 5, emerg. eff. May 24, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 321, § 32, eff. March 1, 1992; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 14, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 151, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2011, c. 139, § 15.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-115. Certification of results - Ties involving candidates.

|When all the ballots have been counted, the county election board shall tabulate the votes and shall certify the results. In the case of county office, said certification shall be used to issue appropriate lists and certificates. In the case of state or district office, copies of said certification shall be transmitted immediately to the State Election Board, whose duty it shall be to retabulate all pertinent county returns and issue appropriate lists and certificates. |In the event of a tie involving candidates, the election board authorized by law to issue the certified list or certificate of election shall, at the meeting called to conduct the recount or to issue the certified list or certificate of election, in the presence of the candidates involved, if they or any of them desire to be present, select the nominee or electee by lot substantially as prescribed in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Section 8-105 of this title.Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-115, operative Jan. 1, 1975; Laws 1992, c. 247, § 15, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-116. Recount may cease - Rights of contestee.

|Should the contestant at any time during the proceeding desire that the recount be terminated, he may announce the same to the county election board. In such event, the recount shall end at that point, and any changes be made a part of the certificate of vote. Provided further, however, that should any contestee desire that the recount continue, he may petition in writing at the time of said announcement for the remainder of the ballots in that county to be recounted. Said petition must be filed immediately with the county election board conducting said recount, and petition must be accompanied by either a cashier's check or certified check in an amount equal to the deposit made by the contestant to conduct the recount. If said recount was ordered by the Secretary of the State Election Board, said check shall be transmitted forthwith to the State Election Board. In the event contestee files such petition, the recount shall continue until such time as all the ballots in said county have been recounted, and the recount is complete. Recounts of issue or question elections shall not cease until all precincts and absentee ballots in the designated county or counties have been recounted. |Amended by Laws 1987, c. 86, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 289, § 6, emerg. eff. May 24, 1989.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-116.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-116.1. Counting of all ballots in precinct upon recount - Application of section.

|When a recount is initiated, all ballots in the precinct involved must be counted, and neither party to the recount shall be allowed to terminate the recount process until all such ballots have been recounted. This provision shall apply to all elections. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 86, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-117. Expenses of recount.

|Deposits accompanying petitions shall be used by the appropriate election board to defray the actual expenses of a recount. Expenses shall include mileage and salaries of the county election board members, which shall be made on a per diem basis at the same rate as for normal compensation; salaries for counters deemed necessary by the secretary of the board to conduct an expedient and accurate recount; the expense of service of process; court reporter fees and transcript expense; travel reimbursement for the court reporter and the presiding judge; mileage and per diem of witnesses; and for all other actual and necessary expenses. The balance, if any, shall be returned to the contestant. In the event the contestant is successful in the recount, the deposit shall be returned to the contestant, and the expense of the recount shall be borne by the county or state, as the case may be. Provided, no portion of a deposit required by paragraph 6 of subsection A of Section 8-111 of this title shall be refundable unless the contestant is successful in the recount in changing the outcome of the election. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-117, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 275, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-118. Election contested due to fraud or other irregularity.

|In the event a candidate contests the correctness of the announced results of an election by alleging either fraud or any other irregularities, the secretary of the election board receiving the petition shall set a hearing in the same manner as provided for recounts. Provisions for service of notice shall be the same as for recounts. The petition shall be filed with the secretary of the election board with whom the candidate filed the candidate's declaration of candidacy, unless otherwise provided for by law. |The district judge conducting the hearing or such other judge as may be assigned by the Supreme Court shall have the authority to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence.Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-118, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 171, § 15, emerg. eff. June 6, 1983; Laws 2000, c. 358, § 11, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2013, c. 275, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-119. Petition alleging fraud - Procedure.

|When a petition alleging fraud is filed, said petition must be accompanied by a cash bond of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each county in which fraud is alleged to have occurred, running in favor of the contestee and conditioned upon payment of any and all liabilities or judgments arising from the contest so filed. In said petition, contestant must allege that fraud occurred in certain precincts or in the casting of absentee ballots. He must further allege the name of the precincts wherein such fraud occurred, the specific act constituting such alleged fraud and the names of the alleged perpetrators of such fraud. If such petition is filed in the manner herein provided, the district judge of the county in which the alleged fraud occurred, or such other judge as may be assigned by the Supreme Court, shall hear and determine said issue without delay or continuance of more than one (1) day. On the day of such hearing, the contestee may file answer to such petition or may file cross petition, setting forth in detail, as required of a petitioner herein, such claim of fraud. An original petition or cross petition must be under oath and under penalty of perjury. The judge shall try and determine the issues formed by such pleadings and render such judgment as he may deem just and proper, according to the evidence submitted. The decision of said district judge shall be final as to any changes in the total votes, and a copy of such judgment and decision shall be furnished the appropriate election board. In any case where fraud is proved on the part of a candidate, he shall be declared ineligible for the office for which he was a candidate. In all cases where a petition is filed which alleges fraud, but after hearing said allegations are not reasonably sustained by competent evidence, the contestant shall be civilly liable in damages to the contestee for all damages sustained, including a reasonable attorney fee and all reasonable and proper costs of conducting such contest; and in the event it be alleged and found that such petition was frivolous in nature, the contestee may also be allowed punitive damages to be paid by said petitioner. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-119, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-120 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-120. Petition alleging irregularities - Procedure.

|When a petition alleging irregularities other than fraud is filed, said petition must allege a sufficient number of irregularities and of such nature as to: |1. Prove that the contestant is lawfully entitled to be certified the party's nominee or to be issued a certificate of election, or to have his name appear on the Runoff Primary Election ballot; or2. Prove that it is impossible to determine with mathematical certainty which candidate is entitled to be certified as the party's nominee or to be issued a certificate of election, or to have his name appear on the Runoff Primary Election ballot.Additional irregularities may be presented at the hearing if not known to the contestant at the time the petition is filed. If such allegations are not made, the petition shall be deemed frivolous by the presiding judge and shall be dismissed. Said petition must be accompanied by either a cashier's check or certified check in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each county affected by the petition. Said petition must set forth specific allegations of irregularities in certain precincts or in the casting of absentee ballots. If said petition is filed in the manner herein provided, the district judge of the county or such other judge as may be assigned by the Supreme Court shall hear and determine said issue in the same manner as provided for a petition alleging fraud. On the day of the hearing, the contestee may file an answer to the petition or may file a cross petition setting forth in detail, as required of petitioner herein, such claim of irregularities. A cross petition must be accompanied by either a cashier's check or certified check in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each county affected by the cross petition. Deposits shall be used to defray actual costs as provided for recounts.Amended by Laws 1983, c. 171, § 16, emerg. eff. June 6, 1983. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 306, § 6, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-121. Disqualification mandatory.

|It shall be mandatory, whenever a petition to disqualify is filed by either party, for the district judge to disqualify himself. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-121, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-121.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-121.1. Hearings on petitions alleging irregularities or fraud involving two or more counties.

|When a petition is filed alleging irregularities or fraud involving two or more counties, the hearings for all counties shall be scheduled at a single location by the election board secretary who accepted the petition. When such a petition is filed with the Secretary of the State Election Board, the Supreme Court shall assign a single judge to hear and determine the issue for all affected counties. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 176, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
26 OK Stat § 26-8-122 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-8-122. Determination of successful party impossible - Procedure - Governor to call special election.

|In the event, after a hearing is conducted, it is deemed impossible to determine who should be certified as the party's nominee or to whom a certificate of election shall be issued, or which candidates are entitled to have their names appear on the Runoff Primary Election ballot, the judge shall notify the appropriate election board secretary of same. It shall then be the duty of the election board secretary to notify the Governor of said decision. The Governor shall then order a new election to be conducted as soon as is practicable in the same manner as the contested election, with the identical candidates, provided that any candidate upon whom fraud has been proved shall not be a candidate in the new election. Provided further, the above shall not apply to elections resulting in tie votes, which elections shall be determined as provided by law. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 8-122, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-9-100 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-9-100. Experimental voting devices or equipment.

|The Secretary of the State Election Board shall be authorized to allow for the experimental use of one or more vote counting devices or other equipment in one or more election precincts in one or more counties, without a formal purchase thereof. The experimental use of such vote counting device or other equipment in any election shall be as valid for all purposes as if it had been purchased. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 33, eff. March 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 545, § 15, eff. July 1, 2005.
26 OK Stat § 26-9-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-9-115. Notice of testing of voting devices.

|Not less than ten (10) days prior to the testing of the voting devices for any partisan election, the secretary of the county election board shall mail a notice to the county chair of each political party stating the time and place the voting devices will be tested for the election and stating a time at which one representative of each political party shall be afforded an opportunity to see that the voting devices are in proper condition for use in the election. The representatives may observe the testing of the voting devices but shall not interfere with the employees or assume any of their duties. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 9-115, operative Jan. 1, 1975; Laws 1991, c. 321, § 34, eff. March 1, 1992; Laws 2011, c. 139, § 16.
26 OK Stat § 26-9-118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-9-118. Unlawful acts relating to voting devices.

|Any person who defaces a voting device, breaks, tampers with, impairs, impedes or otherwise interferes with the maintenance, adjustment, delivery, use or operation of any voting device or part thereof shall be guilty of a felony. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 9-118, operative Jan. 1, 1975; Laws 1991, c. 321, § 35, eff. March 1, 1992.
26 OK Stat § 26-10-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-10-101. Nomination of Presidential Electors - Certification.

|A. The nominees for Presidential Electors of any recognized political party shall be selected at a convention of the party in a manner to be determined by the party. |B. The nominees for Presidential Electors shall be certified by the chair of the party to the Secretary of the State Election Board no later than July 15 of a presidential election year.C. Failure of a political party to properly certify the names of its nominees for Presidential Electors within the time specified shall bar such party from placing any candidates for Presidential Electors on the ballot at the General Election.D. 1. A recognized political party shall certify its nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States to the Secretary of the State Election Board no later than seventy-five (75) days prior to the date of the General Election to ensure the State Election Board and the county election boards have sufficient time to meet the deadline for sending absentee ballots to uniformed services voters pursuant to federal and state law.2. If the nominating convention of a recognized political party is scheduled to conclude after the deadline provided in paragraph 1 of this subsection, the Secretary may accept a provisional certification of the party's nominees for President and Vice President of the United States. A provisional certification must be received by the Secretary prior to the deadline, and the party shall provide the official certification of nominees to the Secretary upon the adjournment of the convention.Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 10-101, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 136, § 1; Laws 2017, c. 214, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2020, c. 76, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020.
26 OK Stat § 26-10-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-10-102. Oath for Presidential Electors.

|Every party nominee for Presidential Elector shall subscribe to an oath, stating that said nominee, if elected, will cast a ballot for the persons nominated for the offices of President and Vice President by the nominee's party. The oath shall be notarized by a notary public and filed with the Secretary of the State Election Board no fewer than ninety (90) days prior to the General Election. Failure of any party nominee to take and file the oath by such date shall automatically vacate his or her nomination and a substitute nominee shall be selected by the state central committee of the appropriate political party. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the State Election Board to notify the chairman of the state central committee of the failure of any nominee to file the oath. Refusal or failure to vote by a Presidential Elector for the persons nominated for the offices of President and Vice President by the nominee's party shall constitute a violation of the oath and shall result in the immediate forfeiture of the Elector's office. In such event, the vote shall not be recorded, a vacancy shall be declared, and the Presidential Electors present shall proceed to fill such vacancy as provided in Section 10-108 of this title. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 10-102, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 136, § 2; Laws 2013, c. 35, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
26 OK Stat § 26-10-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-10-103. Election of Presidential Electors.

|On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each year next preceding the expiration of the term of office of each President of the United States, the registered voters of this state shall elect a number of electors for President and Vice President equal to the number of United States Senators and United States Representatives which the state is entitled to elect. Said electors shall be elected in the same manner as is provided for state officers. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 10-103, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-10-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-10-104. Qualifications.

|The electors for President and Vice President, hereinafter referred to as Presidential Electors, shall be registered voters of Oklahoma; provided, however, that no United States Senator or United States Representative or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shall be a Presidential Elector. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 10-104, operative Jan. 1, 1975.