SECTION 230:35-9-7. Voters who may cast a provisional ballot

  Voters in the circumstances described as follows may cast provisional ballots.

(1)   Persons not listed in the Precinct Registry. Persons who are not listed in the Precinct Registry for the precinct of their residence but who believe themselves to be registered voters eligible to vote in the election shall be entitled to cast a provisional ballot. [26:7-116.1]

(2)   Voters required to show proof of identity. All registered voters who appear to vote in-person at a precinct polling place on election day or during in-person absentee voting are required to show proof of identity before receiving a ballot. Voters who do not have or who refuse to provide valid proof of identity are entitled by law to cast a provisional ballot. [26:7-116.1] A voter whose name on his or her otherwise valid proof of identity document does not substantially conform to his or her name as listed in the Precinct Registry is entitled to cast a provisional ballot . [26:7-116.1]

(3)   Voters who dispute political affiliation indicated in Precinct Registry. Registered voters who dispute the political affiliation indicated in the Precinct Registry for a primary election are entitled to cast a provisional ballot for their preferred political party. [26:7-116.1]

(4)   Uniformed services voters. Uniformed services voters who have been honorably discharged or who are on authorized leave, and the spouses and eligible dependents of such voters, and who returned home too late to register to vote shall be entitled to cast a provisional ballot in the precinct of their residence and to have that ballot counted. [26:7-116.1; 26:14-121]

(5)   Overseas voters. Overseas voters who have been terminated in their overseas service or employment or who are on leave from their overseas service or employment, and the spouses and eligible dependents of such voters, and who returned home too late to register to vote are entitled to cast a provisional ballot in the precinct of their residence and to have that ballot counted. [26:7-116.1; 26:14-121]

(6)   Voters who dispute school district or municipality indicated in Precinct Registry. Registered voters who dispute the school district or municipality indicated for them in the Precinct Registry or on the map are entitled to cast a provisional ballot for the school district or municipality in which they claim to reside.

[Source: Added at 22 Ok Reg 1884, eff 7-1-05; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 80, eff 9-1-05 (emergency); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1290, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1672, eff 7-15-13]