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Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-14-137: Definitions

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  2. Title 26

As used in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act:

1. “Covered voter” means:

a. a uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter who is

registered to vote in this state,

b. a uniformed-service voter defined in subparagraph a of

paragraph 9 of this section, whose voting residence is

in this state and who otherwise satisfies this state’s

voter eligibility requirements,

c. an overseas voter who, before leaving the United

States, was last eligible to vote in this state and,

except for a state residency requirement, otherwise

satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements,

d. an overseas voter who, before leaving the United

States, would have been last eligible to vote in this

state had the voter then been of voting age and,

except for a state residency requirement, otherwise

satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements,

or

e. an overseas voter who was born outside the United

States, is not described in subparagraph c or d of

this paragraph, and, except for a state residency

requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter

eligibility requirements, if:

(1) the last place where a parent or legal guardian

of the voter was, or under the Uniform Military

and Overseas Voters Act would have been, eligible

to vote before leaving the United States is

within this state, and

(2) the voter has not previously registered to vote

in any other state;

2. “Dependent” means an individual recognized as a dependent by

a uniformed service;

3. “Federal postcard application” means the application

prescribed under Section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas

Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff(b)(2);

4. “Federal write-in absentee ballot” means the ballot

described in Section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens

Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff-2;

5. “Military-overseas ballot” means:

a. a federal write-in absentee ballot,

b. a ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use

by a covered voter in accordance with Section 14-136

et seq. of this title, or

c. a ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with

the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act;

6. “Overseas voter” means a United States citizen who is

outside the United States;

7. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any

territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States;

8. “Uniformed service” means:

a. active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air

Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard of

the United States,

b. the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the

Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of

the United States, or

c. the National Guard and state militia;

9. “Uniformed-service voter” means an individual who is

qualified to vote and is:

a. a member of the active or reserve components of the

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or

Coast Guard of the United States who is on active

duty,

b. a member of the Merchant Marine, the commissioned

corps of the Public Health Service, or the

commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration of the United States,

c. a member on activated status of the National Guard or

state militia, or

d. a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in this

paragraph; and

10. “United States”, used in the territorial sense, means the

several states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United

States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession

subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

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