Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-7-139: Short title - Prohibit the Private Funding of Elections

Act – Violations - Penalties.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Prohibit

the Private Funding of Elections Act".

B. As used in this section:

1. "Person" means any individual, proprietorship, firm,

partnership, joint venture, syndicate, labor union, business trust,

company, association, committee, corporation, whether or not

operated for profit, or any other organization or group of persons

acting in concert, or any other nongovernmental third-party entity;

and

2. "Public funds" means funds derived from taxes, fees,

including candidate filing fees, and other sources of public revenue

lawfully appropriated or expended by Congress, the Legislature, or

any other governmental entity, or funds from an entity that is

authorized to pay for an election pursuant to state law.

C. 1. All costs and expenses of conducting and administrating

elections shall be paid for with public funds; provided nothing in

this section shall apply to franchise elections described in

Sections 5(a) and 5(b) of Article XVIII of the Oklahoma

Constitution.

2. No government official or election official shall solicit,

take, or otherwise accept from any person, any contribution,

donation, or anything else of value for purposes of conducting or

administrating any election pursuant to the provisions of this

title.

3. No person shall offer or provide any contribution, donation,

or anything else of value for purposes of conducting or

administrating any election pursuant to the provisions of this

title.

D. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following shall

not be considered a contribution, donation, or thing of value:

a. providing space or property for use as a polling place

or in-person absentee voting site at no charge or at a

below-market cost,

b. persons who volunteer their labor as precinct

officials, absentee voting board members, or as

election workers,

c. persons who volunteer their labor to assist the county

election board or the State Election Board during

candidate filing, on Election Day, during in-person

absentee voting, or at other times,

d. food or beverage items of nominal value provided to

precinct officials, absentee voting board members, or

election officials,

e. items of nominal value including, but not limited to,

pens, sanitizer and cleaning supplies, or

f. airing or publication of public service announcements

or press releases issued by the State Election Board

or a county election board.

2. Donations not directly related to the administration of

elections, may be accepted by the Secretary of the State Election

Board or secretary of the county election board only upon written

approval by the Governor and written notification sent to the

Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and President Pro

Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.

E. A willful and intentional violation of this act shall be

punishable as follows:

1. A first violation shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon

conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00).

2. A second violation shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon

conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand

Dollars ($10,000.00).

3. A third or any subsequent violation shall constitute a

felony and, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed

Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment in the

custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than

two (2) years nor more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.