SECTION 230:25-3-3. County Election Board responsibilities for printing ballots

(a)   The County Election Board shall be responsible for printing ballots, at county expense, for Primary and Runoff Primary Elections for county officers if there is no federal or state office, state legislative office, district office, or nonpartisan judicial office on the ballot in the county on the same election date. The County Election Board shall be responsible for printing ballots, at county expense, for county questions. A county question may be printed on the state ballot for Primary and Runoff Primary Elections if there is a state ballot and if there is adequate space available on the state ballot for the county question. County questions shall not be printed on the state ballot for the biennial General Election.

(b)   County Election Board responsibilities for printing ballots for municipal, school district or other local elections shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following items:

(1)   Entering all office, candidate, and proposition or question text into MESA.

(2)   Receiving, proofreading, and approving ballot proofs provided by the State Election Board before printing begins. See 230:25-17-2.

(c)   In the case of municipal elections, school district elections and other local elections the County Election Board shall be responsible for paying the ballot printing bill from the proceeds of the reimbursement for post-election expenses from the entity for which the election was conducted.

(d)   In the case of a multi-county election, ballots for each affected county in the election shall be printed by the printer holding the affected county's ballot printing contract. Ballots for the control (parent) county shall be printed by the printer holding its ballot printing contract. Each affected County Election Board shall receive the bill for ballot printing from its own ballot printer and shall include this expense in the Record of Expense submitted to the control (parent) County Election Board following the election.

[Source: Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2721, eff 7-1-93; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2417, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1648, eff 7-15-13; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 1121, eff 9-11-17]