Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 230 - State Election Board › Chapter 15 - Voter Registration › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 230:15-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Activation date"
means the date that a valid
				  application becomes a voter registration.
"Active voter registration application services"
means that personnel of a motor license agency or of a voter registration
				  agency identified in
				  230:15-5-122
				  or
				  230:15-5-123
				  take an active, participatory role in offering the opportunity to apply for
				  voter registration as required in
				  230:15-5-100
				  or in
				  230:15-5-125.
"Approved application"
means a voter
				  registration application that contains all required information [see
				  230:15-5-84
				  and
				  230:15-9-19
				  ] and that does not apparently duplicate an existing voter registration.
"Federal voter registration application"
means
				  the form prescribed by the United States Election Assistance Commission to be
				  used to apply for voter registration or to apply for change of voter
				  registration and to be accepted for these purposes in all states.
"MESA"
means the Modern Election Support
				  Application software used by County Election Board personnel for voter
				  registration, absentee voting, and election administration and
				  maintenance.
"Oklahoma Voter Registration Application"
means
				  the form prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board for use in
				  Oklahoma to apply for voter registration or to apply for change of voter
				  registration by mail, at motor license agencies and at all voter registration
				  agencies identified in
				  230:15-5-122
				  and
				  230:15-5-123.
"Passive voter registration application
				  services"
means that personnel of a motor license agency or of a voter
				  registration agency identified in
				  230:15-5-122
				  or
				  230:15-5-123
				  are required to make the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form available
				  to persons conducting business with the agency and to the general public but
				  are not directly involved in the voter registration application process, and
				  are not required to accept completed applications for transmittal to the State
				  Election Board. [See
				  230:15-5-108
				  and
				  230:15-5-131.]
"Proof of identity"
means a form of personal
				  identification that meets the requirements listed in 26 O.S., Section 7-114, as
				  amended by State Question 746.
"Valid application"
means a voter registration
				  application that results in a new voter registration or in a change to an
				  existing voter registration.
"Voter registration agency"
means an office of a
				  governmental agency specified in either
				  230:15-5-122
				  or in
				  230:15-5-123,
				  or a location designated by such agencies, at which either active or passive
				  voter registration application services are available.
Added at 11 Ok Reg 297,
				  eff 11-1-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1567, eff 6-1-94; Amended at 12 Ok
				  Reg 2191, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1279, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 28 Ok
				  Reg 255, eff 1-1-11 (emergency); Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1132, eff
				  7-1-11