SECTION 230:15-11-6.1. Cancellation of registration of deceased voter upon notice of nursing home administrator, veteran center administrator, or licensed funeral director

  An administrator of a nursing home, an administrator of a veteran center, or a licensed funeral director may execute a Request to Cancel Registration of Deceased Voter form to notify the Secretary of the County Election Board of the death of a resident of the county who may have been a registered voter. [26:4-120.3] A nursing home or veteran center administrator's signature on the form either may be notarized or witnessed by two persons who provide their names and addresses on the form. The administrator's signature also may be witnessed by a member of the nursing home Absentee Voting Board when the Board delivers absentee ballots to residents of the nursing facility or veteran center prior to an election. A licensed funeral director's signature on the form either may be notarized or may be witnessed by two persons whose names and addresses are also provided on the form. Upon receipt of such a notification, and upon identification of the person named on the form as a registered voter in the county, the Secretary shall cancel the voter registration of the deceased voter. See 230:15-11-4 (b). The Secretary shall provide copies of the Request to Cancel Registration of Deceased Voter form to nursing facility and veteran center administrators and to licensed funeral directors in the county along with instructions for use of the form. [26:4-120.3]

[Source: Added at 22 Ok Reg 1859, eff 7-1-05; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1124, eff 6-1-10; 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]