Okla. Admin. Code § 230:30-7-12

Current through Vol. 41, No. 19, June 17, 2024

Section 230:30-7-12 - Processing applications for in-person absentee ballots in MESA

(a) The Secretary shall be responsible for entering the application and credit for voting for in-person absentee voters in MESA. The Secretary may choose any one of the following options for processing applications from in-person absentee voters and giving credit for voting during in-person absentee voting.

(1) A County Election Board employee may use the employee's own MESA account to verify voter registration, determine the ballots the voter is eligible to receive, and to give credit for voting.

(2) The Secretary of the County Election Board may allow an in-person Absentee Voting Board member to give credit for voting to each in-person absentee voter in MESA. A feature in MESA must be enabled by the State Election Board for the county in order for this option to be used. See (b) of this section for more information.

(3) An Absentee Voting Board member may use the MESA Absentee Voting Board account to verify voter registration and determine the ballots the voter is eligible to receive. The member prints an application label and affixes it to the voter's green Application for In-Person Absentee Ballot form. A barcode on the application label will be scanned by a County Election Board employee at a later time to give credit for voting. (A single-label printer loaded with 1½-inch by 3 ½-inch labels must be attached to the computer used by the Absentee Voting Board to print the application label.

(4) An Absentee Voting Board member may use the MESA Absentee Voting Board account to verify voter registration and to determine the ballots the voter is eligible to receive. The member does not print an application label. One of the Absentee Voting Board members writes the appropriate ballot information one each voter's green Application for In-Person Absentee Ballot form. County Election Board personnel gives credit for voting manually at a later time. The option is not recommended for routine use, but only when MESA is unavailable to the Absentee Voting Board members due to lack of power or secure internet connectivity.

(b) The Secretary of the County Election Board may make a written request to the State Election Board Help Desk to activate a feature that enables an Absentee Voting Board member to give credit for voting during in-person absentee voting at the same time a voter's registration is verified.

Okla. Admin. Code § 230:30-7-12

Added at 8 Ok Reg 3635, eff 10-3-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2379, eff 7-1-92; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2346, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1154, eff 7-1-11

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 24, September 3, 2019, eff. 9/16/2019