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§ 14-101.1. Absentee ballot harvesting

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 26. ElectionsEffective: August 26, 2022

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 26. Elections
Chapter A1. Election Code (Refs & Annos)
Article XIV. Absentee Voting
Effective: August 26, 2022
26 Okl.St.Ann. § 14-101.1
§ 14-101.1. Absentee ballot harvesting
Currentness
<Text as amended by Laws 2022, c. 291, § 4. See, also, text as amended by Laws 2022, c. 83, § 2.>
A. For the purposes of this section, “absentee ballot harvesting” means:
1. Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another person with the intent to submit, transmit or return the ballot to election officials on behalf of that person;
2. Submitting, returning or transmitting an absentee ballot to election officials on behalf of another person;
3. Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another person under a false pretense or promise of transmitting, returning or submitting it to election officials on behalf of that person;
4. Requesting or receiving an absentee ballot on behalf of another person;
5. Distributing an absentee ballot application or request to a voter using the official letterhead of a candidate or elected official;
6. Partially or fully completing an application for an absentee ballot on behalf of another person without that person's prior consent; or
7. Notarizing or witnessing more absentee ballots than allowed by law.
B. Absentee ballot harvesting shall be unlawful at any election conducted by a county election board, the State Election Board or any political subdivision of this state; provided, the following shall not be deemed to be ballot harvesting:
1. A voter's assistant or agent acting pursuant to law as otherwise allowed by this title;
2. An absentee voting board member, as described in this title, who assists a voter confined to a nursing home or veterans center pursuant to law;
3. An employee of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the United States Department of Defense or the Oklahoma National Guard who assists a uniformed-services voter in returning or transmitting an absentee ballot;
4. A spouse, relative in the first or second degree of consanguinity or affinity or cohabitant of a voter who forwards an absentee ballot to the voter when absent from the home;
5. A voter's spouse who, with the voter's consent, returns the voter's absentee ballot by mail; or
6. An official action by an election official that is required or authorized by law.

Credits

Laws 2020, c. 151, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; Laws 2022, c. 291, § 4.
26 Okl. St. Ann. § 14-101.1, OK ST T. 26 § 14-101.1
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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