Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-14-115: Elector confined to nursing facility or veterans center

within county - Procedures.

A. If the secretary of a county election board receives a

request from an incapacitated elector confined to a nursing

facility, as defined in Section 1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, or a State Veterans Home established pursuant to Title 72

of the Oklahoma Statutes within the county of the jurisdiction of

the secretary, and such request satisfies the requirements for

matching of name, birth date, and identification number established

pursuant to Section 14-105 of this title, the secretary shall cause

to be implemented the following procedures:

1. On any day following the deadline to request an absentee

ballot as provided in Section 14-103 of this title, but prior to the

date of the election, the absentee voting board shall deliver to

each registered voter who is confined to a nursing facility, as

defined in Section 1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a

State Veterans Home established pursuant to Title 72 of the Oklahoma

Statutes and who requested ballots for an incapacitated voter the

ballots and materials as may be necessary to vote same.

2. The voter must mark the ballots in the manner hereinbefore

provided in the presence of the absentee voting board, but in such a

manner as to make it impossible for any person other than the voter

to ascertain how the ballots are marked. Insofar as is possible,

the voting procedure shall be the same as if the voter were casting

a vote in person at a precinct.

3. The voter shall then seal the ballots in the plain opaque

envelope and shall seal the plain opaque envelope in the envelope

bearing an affidavit. The voter must complete the affidavit, and

the signature of the voter on same must be witnessed by both members

of the absentee voting board.

4. The envelope bearing an affidavit then must be sealed in the

return envelope, which shall be returned by the absentee voting

board to the secretary of the county election board on the same day

the affidavit was executed.

5. Ballots cast in such manner shall be counted in the same

manner as regular mail absentee ballots.

B. The voter may request the assistance of the absentee voting

board members to mark a ballot, complete the affidavit or seal the

envelopes as described in this section.

C. 1. An administrator or employee of a nursing facility or

State Veterans Home who attempts to coerce or influence the vote of

a person residing in or confined to that facility shall be deemed to

be in violation of Section 16-109 of this title.

2. An administrator or employee of a nursing facility or State

Veterans Home who prevents or attempts to prevent a person residing

in or confined to that facility from voting pursuant to this section

shall be deemed to be in violation of Section 16-113 of this title.