Oklahoma Statutes § 14-101.1 Absentee ballot harvestingVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024
This is an older version of § 14-101.1 Absentee ballot harvesting which we archived on October 30, 2024.
Statute Text
A.
For the purposes of this section, "absentee ballot harvesting" means:
1.
Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another person with the intent to submit, transmit or return the ballot to election officials on behalf of that person;
2.
Submitting, returning or transmitting an absentee ballot to election officials on behalf of another person;
3.
Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another person under a false pretense or promise of transmitting, returning or submitting it to election officials on behalf of that person;
4.
Requesting or receiving an absentee ballot on behalf of another person;
5.
Distributing an absentee ballot application or request to a voter using the official letterhead of a candidate or elected official;
6.
Partially or fully completing an application for an absentee ballot on behalf of another person without that person's prior consent; or
7.
Notarizing or witnessing more absentee ballots than allowed by law.
B.
Absentee ballot harvesting shall be unlawful at any election conducted by a county election board, the State Election Board or any political subdivision of this state; provided, the following shall not be deemed to be ballot harvesting:
1.
A voter's assistant or agent acting pursuant to law as otherwise allowed by this title;
2.
An absentee voting board member, as described in this title, who assists a voter confined to a nursing home or veterans center pursuant to law;
3.
An employee of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the United States Department of Defense or the Oklahoma National Guard who assists a uniformed-services voter in returning or transmitting an absentee ballot;
4.
A spouse, relative in the first or second degree of consanguinity or affinity or cohabitant of a voter who forwards an absentee ballot to the voter when absent from the home;
5.
A voter's spouse who, with the voter's consent, returns the voter's absentee ballot by mail; or
6.
An official action by an election official that is required or authorized by law.
History
Amended by Laws 2022 , c. 291 , § 4 .
Added by Laws 2020 , c. 151 , § 1 , emerg. eff. 5/21/2020 .