Oklahoma Regulations § 230:30-7-12 Processing applications for in-person absentee ballots in MESAVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024

(1) A County Election Board employee may use the employee's own MESA account to verify voter registration, determine the ballots the voter is eligible to receive, and to give credit for voting.

(2) The Secretary of the County Election Board may allow an in-person Absentee Voting Board member to give credit for voting to each in-person absentee voter in MESA. A feature in MESA must be enabled by the State Election Board for the county in order for this option to be used. See (b) of this section for more information.

(3) An Absentee Voting Board member may use the MESA Absentee Voting Board account to verify voter registration and determine the ballots the voter is eligible to receive. The member prints an application label and affixes it to the voter's green Application for In-Person Absentee Ballot form. A barcode on the application label will be scanned by a County Election Board employee at a later time to give credit for voting. (A single-label printer loaded with 1½-inch by 3 ½-inch labels must be attached to the computer used by the Absentee Voting Board to print the application label.

(4) An Absentee Voting Board member may use the MESA Absentee Voting Board account to verify voter registration and to determine the ballots the voter is eligible to receive. The member does not print an application label. One of the Absentee Voting Board members writes the appropriate ballot information one each voter's green Application for In-Person Absentee Ballot form. County Election Board personnel gives credit for voting manually at a later time. The option is not recommended for routine use, but only when MESA is unavailable to the Absentee Voting Board members due to lack of power or secure internet connectivity.