Okla. Admin. Code § 230:30-11-3

Current through Vol. 41, No. 17, May 15, 2024

Section 230:30-11-3 - Opening and storing properly executed affidavits

(a) If the County Election Board meets prior to election day to open outer envelopes as outlined in 230:30-11-2, it is permissible for the Board members also to open and remove affidavit envelopes that are determined to be executed properly. Upon removing the affidavits, the Board members shall place the ballot envelopes in a ballot box of the type described in 230:30-7-8(b) and shall lock the box. If an inactive voter enclosed the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form inside the affidavit envelope, set the application aside to be processed later. Additionally, the Board members shall affix a long white State Election Board seal across the opening on the top of the box so that the opening is entirely obstructed. The County Election Board members each shall sign and date the seal. Each member of the County Election Board shall retain the key to only one of the locks on the ballot box. The Secretary shall store the ballot box in a secure place until it is time to count the absentee ballots on election day. The affidavits shall be set aside in a secure place and shall be retained as outlined in 230:30-21-4.

(b) The procedure for opening and removing affidavit envelopes described in (a) of this Section shall be observed only in the event that an extraordinarily large number of absentee ballots has been received.

(c) In the event that one person witnesses signatures of more than five physically incapacitated voters on pink affidavits as outlined in 230:30-11-2(1), separate the affidavits signed by that witness from other properly executed affidavits, but place the ballot envelopes they contain with all other ballot envelopes to be opened and counted. See 230:30-23-1.

Okla. Admin. Code § 230:30-11-3

Amended at 11 Ok Reg 307, eff 11-1-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1579, eff 6-1-94; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2556, eff 7-1-98; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 477, eff 1-2-03 (emergency); Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1097, eff 7-1-03