{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-21","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-21","heading":"Returns and ballot boxes - Custody of same - Report to","body":"Governor.\n\nEach of the special election commissioners shall be the\n\ncustodians of the ballot boxes and affidavit boxes and of all\n\ncertificates and returns of his precinct, and shall safely convey\n\nthe same to the office of the county clerk, not later than twelve\n\no'clock noon of the third day, next succeeding the day of election,\n\nand shall, at said time and place, meet with the other special\n\nelection commissioners. Each special election commissioner, shall\n\ndeliver to the county clerk, the ballot boxes containing the\n\nballots, affidavits and returns, relating to the election of county\n\nand township officers, and the formation of a new county, or\n\ndetaching territory, and take a receipt therefor; and thereafter the\n\ncounty clerk shall be the custodian of said ballot boxes, and,\n\nduring the canvassing of the returns and thereafter, shall preserve\n\nsaid boxes intact for a period of ninety days, unless relieved by an\n\norder of the court. At said time and place, in the presence of said\n\nspecial election commissioners, said returns shall be canvassed by\n\nsaid county election board, as provided herein; and when said\n\nreturns are canvassed and a transcript thereof has been prepared and\n\nsigned by each said special election commissioners of said county,\n\nsaid special election commissioners shall select one of their number\n\nand commission him to proceed at once to the office of the Governor\n\nof the state, and to deliver to the Governor, said transcript of\n\nsaid election returns, and said special election commissioner so\n\nselected, shall immediately perform the duty assigned.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"1a7361661d645e67c66596dd891452a532fb1a8276d21ebf75b5ea27812169b5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-20","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}