Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-21-101: Unitary, unified, integrated system of election

administration - Implementation – Procedures.

A. The Secretary of the State Election Board is hereby

authorized beginning July 1, 1989, to purchase equipment for and

implement a unitary, unified, integrated system of election

administration for the State of Oklahoma that includes an electronic

data processing system for maintenance of voter registration

records, certification of election results and other election-

related applications, and the installation of electronic, optical

scanning voting devices compatible with the same system in every

precinct polling place.

B. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to

adopt procedures consistent, insofar as practicable, with existing

law for implementation of the system.

C. Except as provided in subsection A of this section, no

electronic data processing applications shall be implemented by a

county election board, nor shall voting devices be purchased by a

county, except for those electronic data processing applications and

voting devices already in use or for which a contract had been

signed by no later than March 31, 1986.

D. A new unitary integrated voting system described in

subsection A of this section that is implemented on or after January

1, 2023, shall be required to report the official election returns

of each election by precinct, including, but not limited to, all

votes cast in person and by absentee ballot.