{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-14-115.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-14-115.4","heading":"In-person absentee voting","body":"A. 1. A registered voter may apply for an in-person absentee\n\nballot at a location designated by the secretary of the county\n\nelection board from:\n\na. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday\n\nimmediately preceding any election conducted by a\n\ncounty election board,\n\nb. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding\n\na General Election, Primary Election, Runoff Primary\n\nElection or Presidential Preferential Primary Election\n\nas described in Sections 1-101, 1-102, 1-103 and 20-\n\n101 of this title, and\n\nc. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Wednesday immediately\n\npreceding a General Election as described in Section\n\n1-101 of this title.\n\n2. As part of the application for an in-person absentee ballot\n\nsuch registered voter shall swear or affirm that the voter has not\n\nvoted a regular mail absentee ballot and that the voter will not\n\nvote at the regular polling place in the election for which the in-\n\nperson absentee ballot is requested.\n\n3. The secretary of the county election board in counties with\n\ntwenty-five thousand (25,000) or more registered voters, or with an\n\narea in excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square miles,\n\nmay designate more than one location as an in-person absentee\n\npolling place for an election, subject to the approval of and\n\npursuant to the procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the State\n\nElection Board.\n\nB. 1. The voter also shall provide proof of identity as\n\ndefined in Section 7-114 of this title. If the voter declines to or\n\nis unable to produce proof of identity, the voter may sign a\n\nstatement under oath, in a form approved by the Secretary of the\n\nState Election Board, swearing or affirming that the person is the\n\nperson identified on the precinct registry, and shall be allowed to\n\ncast a provisional ballot as provided in Section 7-116.1 of this\n\ntitle.\n\n2. False swearing or affirming under oath shall be punishable\n\nas a felony as provided in Section 16-103 of this title, and the\n\npenalty shall be distinctly set forth on the face of the statement.\n\nC. One or more absentee voting boards shall be on duty at the\n\nin-person absentee polling place on the days and during the hours\n\nset forth in subsection A of this section. If the secretary of a\n\ncounty election board receives an application from a registered\n\nvoter requesting to vote by in-person absentee ballot the secretary\n\nshall cause to be implemented the following procedures:\n\n1. An absentee voting board shall provide to each registered\n\nvoter who applies for an in-person absentee ballot appropriate\n\nballots and materials as may be necessary to vote;\n\n2. The voter must sign an in-person absentee voter record, and\n\nthe signature of the voter on such record must be certified by both\n\nmembers of the absentee voting board, except that the secretary of\n\nthe county election board and one other member of the absentee\n\nvoting board may certify the signature of another member of the\n\nabsentee voting board;\n\n3. The voter must mark the ballots of the voter in the manner\n\nprovided by law in the presence of the absentee voting board, but in\n\nsuch a manner as to make it impossible for any person other than the\n\nvoter to ascertain how such ballots are marked. Insofar as is\n\npossible, the voting procedure shall be the same as if the voter\n\nwere casting a vote in person at a precinct;\n\n4. The voter shall then deposit the ballot in a voting device\n\ndesignated for in-person absentee voting by the secretary of the\n\ncounty election board;\n\n5. When the in-person polling place is closed on each day of\n\nin-person absentee voting the in-person absentee voting board shall,\n\nwithout obtaining a printout of results, remove the electronic\n\nresults storage media from the voting device and seal ballots\n\ncounted that day in a transfer case which shall be secured by the\n\nsheriff of the county in the same manner as provided in Section 8-\n\n110 of this title. The electronic results storage media shall be\nof\n\nin-person absentee voting the in-person absentee voting board shall,\n\nwithout obtaining a printout of results, remove the electronic\n\nresults storage media from the voting device and seal ballots\n\ncounted that day in a transfer case which shall be secured by the\n\nsheriff of the county in the same manner as provided in Section 8-\n\n110 of this title. The electronic results storage media shall be\n\nsealed in a container prescribed by the Secretary of the State\n\nElection Board. The sheriff shall secure the sealed electronic\n\nresults storage media container and return it to the in-person\n\nabsentee voting board no later than 7:45 a.m. on the next day of in-\n\nperson absentee voting or to the secretary of the county election\n\nboard at the time of the county election board meeting to count\n\nabsentee ballots on election day; and\n\n6. If there is a malfunction in such a way that the electronic\n\nresults storage media used for in-person absentee voting will not\n\nfunction, the sheriff is authorized to return the transfer cases\n\ncontaining in-person absentee ballots to the county election board\n\nto be recounted as provided in Section 7-134.1 of this title.","path":["OK Code","Title 26"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os26.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f08c4605eee8ba274ffa671f9c5026892e0b5f047fa147aa4268a25e63ea6ec2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-14-115.12","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-14-115.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}