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Oklahoma Statutes § 7-127 Rules governing counting

⤴ Up to Article VII: Conduct of Elections

Statute Text

The following rules shall govern the counting and recounting of votes:
1. If the name of any person is written on a ballot, the name shall not be counted;
2. A valid vote shall be any mark prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board made by voters indicating the voter's choice of party, candidate or issue on a ballot. Such marking shall be hereinafter referred to as "valid markings". Such valid markings located otherwise on the ballot shall not be counted;
3. Marks used to designate the intention of the voter, other than those herein defined as valid markings, shall not be counted;
4. Failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more candidates or questions shall not of itself invalidate the entire ballot if the same has been properly marked as to other candidates or questions;
5. A valid marking marked for a political party shall be counted as a vote for each of the political party's candidates on that ballot, except that a valid marking marked for a candidate's name shall take precedence, for that office, over a valid marking for a political party. Provided, further, that if valid markings are marked for more than one political party on a ballot, the ballot shall not be counted for any party offices thereon; and
6. Any ballot or part of a ballot on which it is impossible to determine the voter's choice of candidate shall be void as to the candidate or candidates thereby affected.

History

Added by Laws 1983, SB 321, c. 171, § 11, emerg. eff. 6/6/1983 ; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 478, c. 321, § 23, eff. 3/1/1992 ; Amended by Laws 2010 , SB 1910, c. 189 , § 16 , eff. 1/1/2011 .

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