Okla. Admin. Code § 230:30-7-15

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

Section 230:30-7-15 - Procedure for provisional voting during in-person absentee voting

(a) An in-person absentee voter may cast a provisional ballot under the same circumstances as a voter at a precinct polling place on election day. An in-person absentee voter also may cast a provisional ballot if MESA indicates that the voter has received credit for voting in the same election by absentee ballot, either by mail or on another day of in-person absentee voting, and the voter denies having already voted in the election. The Absentee Voting Board members shall follow the steps in (b) of this Section and the procedure outlined in 230:35-5-177 to issue a provisional ballot to an in-person absentee voter.

(b) When a provisional ballot must be issued to an in-person absentee voter, follow these steps in addition to the procedure in 230:35-5-177.

(1) Indicate on the Application for In-Person Absentee Ballots form that the voter will cast a provisional ballot. Do not allow the voter to sign the Absentee Voting Board Record.

(2) If necessary, ask a County Election Board staff member to help determine the correct ballot style for this voter. Prepare a Provisional Ballot Voucher listing the correct ballots for this voter.

(3) Follow the steps outlined in 230:35-5-177.

(c) At the end of each day of in-person absentee voting, the Absentee Voting Board members seal the orange bag with a blue plastic seal and give it to the Sheriff along with the election results storage medium from the voting device. On the morning of the next day of in-person absentee voting, the Sheriff returns the election results storage medium and the orange bag to the Absentee Voting Board members along with the memory pack. If another voter casts a provisional ballot, the Absentee Voting Board members cut the blue plastic seal on the bag in order to place the new provisional ballot affidavit envelope in the bag and reseal the bag at the end of the day. It is not necessary to remove the seal from the orange bag unless another provisional ballot must be placed inside it.

(d) As an alternative to this procedure, a separate orange provisional ballot bag may be used on each day of voting.

(e) On election day, the Sheriff returns the sealed orange bag or bags and the election results storage medium to the Secretary when it is time to begin counting absentee ballots. The Secretary secures the orange bag in the County Election Board office along with the orange bags from each precinct polling place until verification of provisional ballots begins the following day.

Okla. Admin. Code § 230:30-7-15

Added at 22 Ok Reg 1869, eff 7-1-05; 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