SECTION 230:15-5-36. Accessibility of voter registration application services for elderly and handicapped voters

(a)   Voter registration application services in motor license agencies and in voter registration agencies listed in 230:15-5-122 and 230:15-5-123 shall be made accessible to elderly and handicapped voters.

(b)   If an applicant for voter registration in a motor license agency or in a voter registration agency identified in 230:15-5-122 or 230:15-5-123 requests assistance to complete the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form, personnel of the motor license agency or of the voter registration agency shall be required to provide the same degree of assistance to complete the voter registration application as they provide to complete the motor license agency's own forms. [26:4-109.2(B)(2)]

(c)   In the event that an applicant for voter registration is incapable of personally signing or making his or her mark on the voter registration application form, the applicant shall select an assistant to help him or her complete the voter registration application form. [26:4-112] The assistant may be any person the applicant chooses. Personnel of motor license agencies and of voter registration agencies identified in 230:15-5-122 and 230:15-5-123 shall be required to assist such applicants if requested by the applicants to do so. [26:4-112] The assistant shall be required to complete the voter registration application form exactly as instructed by the applicant. The following procedure shall be observed.

(1)   The assistant shall read the Oath to the applicant so that the applicant may determine whether he or she is eligible to register to vote in Oklahoma.

(2)   The assistant shall read the Important Information printed on the back of the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form to the applicant.

(3)   The assistant shall print the applicant's name on the application form in the spaces provided.

(4)   The assistant shall check the appropriate box to indicate the applicant's political affiliation. The assistant shall read the instructions for Section 2 - Political Affiliation to the applicant if necessary.

(5)   The assistant shall print the applicant's date of birth, Oklahoma driver's license number, the last four digits of the Social Security number, if necessary, the applicant's address of residence, mailing address, and county of residence in the appropriate spaces on the application form. The assistant shall read the instructions for Section 6 - Street Address or Directions to Your Home to the applicant if necessary.

(6)   The assistant shall ask the applicant if he or she has ever been registered to vote before and shall indicate the applicant's answer by checking the appropriate box in Section 9. The assistant shall read the instructions for Section 9 - Have You Been Registered Before? to the applicant if necessary. If the applicant has been registered to vote before, the assistant shall record as much information about the former registration as possible in the spaces provided.

(7)   If the applicant is incapable of signing the application or of making his or her mark on the application, the assistant shall print the applicant's name in the space provided for Signature or Mark of Applicant. The assistant shall write his or her own initials beside the applicant's printed name. The assistant shall enter the date in the space provided.

(8)   The assistant shall print his or her own name and address in the space provided at the bottom of the form.

(d)   If an applicant for voter registration in a motor license agency or in a voter registration agency identified in 230:15-5-122 or 230:15-5-123 requests assistance to complete the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form from agency personnel, the procedure outlined in (c)(1) through (7) of this Section shall be observed. The assistant then shall print his or her own name and the agency's address in the shaded area marked "Office Use Only" on the instructions portion of the application form.

[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 297, eff 11-1-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1567, eff 6-1-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2197, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1279, eff 7-1-06]