Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 230 - State Election Board › Chapter 15 - Voter Registration › Subchapter 9 - Receiving and Processing Voter Registration Applications › Part 7 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS › Section 230:15-9-31 - Rejected applications

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The
				  Secretary of the County Election Board shall prepare and mail rejection notices
				  to each applicant whose voter registration application is rejected. The
				  rejection notice shall include the reason that the application was rejected and
				  shall inform the applicant of steps, if any, that may be taken to provide
				  additional information to complete or to correct the application. If necessary,
				  a new voter registration application form shall be included with the rejection
				  notice when it is mailed to the applicant.
(b) A voter registration application shall be
				  rejected for any of the following reasons.
(1)
Duplicate.
An application that exactly duplicates an existing
				  voter registration or an application that exactly duplicates another pending
				  application shall be rejected.
(2)
Unsigned.
An application that is not signed by the applicant or
				  that does not bear the applicant's mark, except as provided in
				  230:15-5-36,
				  shall be rejected.
(3)
Under
				  18 years of age.
An application from a person who has not yet reached
				  the age of 18, except as outlined in
				  230:15-5-2,
				  shall be rejected.
(4)
Insufficient address.
An application with an incomplete or
				  improper residence address shall be rejected. An application that lists either
				  a post office box number or a rural route box number as a residence address
				  shall be rejected. An application that lists a physical description or a legal
				  description of the residence address that is incomplete or insufficient to
				  locate the residence on a map shall be rejected.
(5)
Insufficient name.
An
				  application with no name or with a name that does not appear to be a sufficient
				  name shall be rejected.
(6)
Insufficient date of birth.
An application for new registration
				  with no date of birth or an incomplete date of birth shall be
				  rejected.
(7)
Insufficient
				  identification number.
An application that does not include either the
				  applicant's Oklahoma driver license or state identification card number or the
				  last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number shall be rejected if
				  the applicant also failed to check the box on the Oklahoma Voter Registration
				  Application form that indicates that the applicant does not have a driver
				  license, state identification card, or a Social Security number.
(8)
Other.
Other reasons for
				  rejecting a voter registration application may include, but shall not
				  necessarily be limited to, the following:
(A)
Application is illegible.
An application that cannot be read due
				  to illegible handwriting shall be rejected.
(B)
Residence address in another
				  jurisdiction.
If the residence address indicated on an application is
				  not located within the boundaries of the county indicated on the application,
				  the County Election Board that received the application immediately shall
				  forward it to the appropriate County Election Board. If the appropriate County
				  Election Board cannot be determined from the information on the application
				  form, the application shall be rejected.