Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 230 - State Election Board › Chapter 15 - Voter Registration › Subchapter 9 - Receiving and Processing Voter Registration Applications › Part 5 - PROCESSING VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS › Section 230:15-9-19 - Applications for change of voter registration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Application for change of
				  registration.
A registered voter may apply to change his or her voter
				  registration by completing and submitting a voter registration application
				  form. Changes of voter registration include but may not be limited to change of
				  residence address, change of mailing address, change of political affiliation,
				  and change of name.
(b)
Determining whether an application is for change of registration.
A registered voter who applies to change his or her registration is instructed
				  on the application form to enter information about the former registration in
				  Section 9 of the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form or in Boxes A and
				  B of the federal voter registration application form. When information from a
				  voter registration application is entered in MESA, the software will locate any
				  registration records found in the state that may match the information entered.
				  County Election Board personnel shall follow the appropriate software
				  instructions to determine whether the applicant is already registered, either
				  in the county or in another county in Oklahoma, and is changing his or her
				  registration. If voter registration information for the applicant is found in
				  the voter registration database, the new application information shall be
				  entered as a change to the existing registration even if the voter failed to
				  indicate previous registration information on the application form.
(c)
Exceptions to required information
				  for change of registration.
Some exceptions to the information required
				  on a valid voter registration application, as outlined in
				  230:15-5-84,
				  may be made in the case of an application for change of registration.
(1)
Political affiliation.
In
				  the event that a registered voter who applies for change of address or change
				  of name fails to indicate political affiliation on the application for the
				  change, the voter's existing political affiliation, as recorded in the voter
				  registration database, shall remain unchanged. The procedure described in
				  230:15-5-84(c)
				  shall apply only to applications for new registration in the county.
(2)
Date of birth.
In the event
				  that a registered voter who applies for any change of voter registration fails
				  to provide his or her date of birth on the application for the change, the
				  application shall not be rejected if both of the following circumstances exist.
(A) The application is valid in all other
				  respects and County Election Board personnel are able to make a positive
				  identification of the voter from other information provided on the application
				  form and from information already recorded in the voter registration
				  database.
(B) The voter's date of
				  birth is already recorded in the voter registration database.