SECTION 230:15-11-4. Processing cancellations of registration

(a)   Upon receipt of proper notice, and upon positive identification of the voter, the Secretary of the County Election Board shall cancel a voter's registration. Cancellations shall be processed immediately after the receipt of proper notice. Proper notice shall include the following:

(1)   Potential Deletion Report. See 230:15-11-5.

(2)   Request to Cancel Registration of Deceased Voter form submitted by any person authorized by law to make such a request. See 230:15-11-6 and 230:15-11-6.1.

(3)   Judgment of Incapacitation Report form. See 230:15-11-7.

(4)   Potential Duplicate Registration Report. See 230:15-11-9.

(5)   Notice of registration in another state.

(6)   Notice of state or federal felony conviction. See 230:15-11-8.

(7)   Written request from voter for cancellation of registration. Such a written request from a voter either shall be notarized or shall be witnessed by two persons who provide their names and addresses on the request. See 230:15-11-3.

(8)   True Duplicates Deleted Report. See 230:15-11-10.

(9)   Address confirmation return card returned by the voter indicating that the voter has moved out of the county. See 230:15-11-24.

(10)   A certified copy of a death certificate.

(b)   Cancellations of registration shall be processed according to the following procedure:

(1)   Delete the voter's registration information from MESA.

(2)   Remove the voter's registration form from the Central File, note the date and reason for cancelling the registration, and place the registration form in the Cancellation File. Also remove any documentation from the Additional Information File and attach it to the original registration form in the Cancellation File. Retain as outlined in 230:10-7-40.

(3)   Retain the notice document used to cancel a registration for 24 months after the cancellation.

[Source: Amended and renumbered from 230:15-5-63 at 12 Ok Reg 2197, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 559, eff 11-22-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2475, eff 7-1-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2624, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2547, eff 7-1-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 522, eff 1-1-99 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2404, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1859, eff 7-1-05; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 256, eff 1-11-11 (emergency); Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1132, eff 7-1-11; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1404, eff 9-11-16]