SECTION 230:15-5-2. Persons who shall become eligible to register to vote

(a)   Any person who becomes qualified to register to vote during a period that begins 60 days before an election and ends on election day is entitled to apply for voter registration at any time beginning 60 days before the election. Such applications must be valid and must be postmarked or received by an authorized voter registration agency or by the State Election Board more than 24 days before the election. The election must be one in which the person, once registered, is entitled to vote.

(b)   The provision described in (a) most often applies to a person whose eighteenth birthday falls within a period that begins 60 days before an election and ends on election day. However, this provision also may apply to persons who become United States citizens during the same period.

(c)   Voter registration applications from persons described in this Section shall be entered into MESA immediately upon receipt as outlined in 230:15-9-18. Such voter registration applications shall be approved and activated and voter identification cards shall format and print only after one of the following events occurs.

(1)   The date (for example, the applicant's eighteenth birthday) on which the applicant becomes eligible to vote passes.

(2)   The voter registration application deadline for the election passes.

[Source: Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2197, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2624, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2525, eff 7-15-09; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1631, eff 7-15-13]