Oklahoma Regulations § 230:45-5-12 Instructions for counting

Regulation Text

After the preparations described in 230:45-5-11 have been completed, the Counters shall begin to count the ballots. The following procedure shall be observed to count the ballots.

(1) The Caller and Stacker shall examine each ballot.

(2) The ballot shall be examined for each party, the office to be recounted and the name of the candidate voted upon. The caller shall announce the vote recorded on the ballot. For example, the Caller shall say "One vote for John Doe."

(3) The Stacker shall agree with the Caller, or the ballot cannot be counted for that candidate.

(4) The first Tallyer shall repeat the name of the candidate and the number (from one to five) of the vote that is being recorded for that candidate.

(5) The second Tallyer shall agree with the first Tallyer, or the recording shall stop and shall not continue until the Tallyers are in agreement.

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(6) If more than one candidate has been marked in a "vote for one" race being recounted, the Caller shall announce an overvote in the race. If more than the designated number of candidates has been marked in a race allowing multiple votes, the Caller shall announce an overvote in the race.

(7) The Tallyers shall record an overvote in the space provided on the Tally Sheet for overvotes when one is announced by the Caller.

(8) If no candidate has been marked in the race being recounted, the Caller shall announce an undervote.

(9) The Tallyers shall record an undervote in the space provided on the Tally Sheet for undervotes when one is announced by the Caller.

(10) In recording the votes, the Tallyers shall use the tally method; i.e., votes shall be recorded in segments of five, from one to five, or from one to "tally." The fifth vote shall be shown by a slash line through the other four votes.

(11) When a ballot has been counted, the Caller shall hand the ballot to the Stacker, who shall stack the ballots in the appropriate ballot transfer box.

(A) The Stacker shall stack ballots that cannot be countedin a ballot transfer box.

(B) The Stacker shall stack all counted ballots in a separate ballot transfer box.

Source

Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2751, eff 7-1-93 ; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2538, eff 7-15-09 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1722, eff 7-15-13

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