SECTION 230:15-5-131. Transmitting completed Oklahoma Voter Registration Application forms from voter registration agency to the State Election Board  


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  • (a)   Transmittal deadline. Completed Oklahoma Voter Registration Application forms received by a voter registration agency as a result of either active or passive voter registration application services shall be transmitted to the State Election Board at the close of business each week.
    (b)   Procedure for transmitting completed Oklahoma Voter Registration Applications. The following procedure shall be observed by agency personnel to transmit to the State Election Board all completed Oklahoma Voter Registration Application forms received as a result of either active or passive voter registration application services described in 230:15-5-125. The State Election Board shall provide pre-addressed, postage-paid business reply envelopes for the purpose of transmitting completed voter registration application forms.
    (1)   Make certain that the date that the application was received at the agency appears in the space provided on each completed Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form. If the received date does not appear on a completed application, stamp or write the current date in the space provided.
    (2)   Place all the completed Oklahoma Voter Registration Application forms in a postage-paid, pre-addressed business reply envelope provided by the State Election Board.
    (3)   Mail the envelope containing completed Oklahoma Voter Registration Application forms to the State Election Board at the close of business each week.
    (c)   Transmitting applications received through passive voter registration application services. Voter registration agency personnel shall also receive for transmittal to the State Election Board applications completed as a result of passive voter registration application services described in 230:15-5-124. All voter registration applications received by the agency as a result of passive voter registration application services shall be stamped with the received date as outlined in (b) of this Section and shall be transmitted along with applications received through active voter registration application services as outlined in (a) and (b) of this Section.
    (d)   Transmitting applications received at the County Election Board. Voter registration applications may be received at the County Election Board as outlined in 230:15-9-11(b). Applications received at the County Election Board from persons who reside in the county shall not be transmitted to the State Election Board. Applications received at the County Election Board from persons who reside in another county shall be transmitted either to the appropriate County Election Board or to the State Election Board as outlined in (b) of this Section, except that the County Election Board shall provide its own envelope and shall pay the necessary postage.
[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 2197, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 71, eff 8-24-15 (emergency); Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1404, eff 9-11-16]