{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-7-129.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-7-129.2","heading":"Substitute ballots","body":"A. In the event an absentee ballot is mutilated, defaced or\n\ndamaged in a manner that it cannot be read by the voting device and\n\nthus not counted during the counting process, then two members of\n\nthe county election board of different political party affiliations\n\nor two members of an absentee voting board under the supervision of\n\nthe county election board shall be authorized to mark a substitute\n\nballot in identical fashion, insofar as is possible. Once so\n\nmarked, the substitute ballot shall be entered for counting into the\n\nvoting device. A written record of such action shall be made by the\n\ntwo county election board members.\n\nB. In the event of an absentee ballot that was delivered\n\nelectronically to a voter as described in Section 14-118 of this\n\ntitle, or an absentee ballot that was received from a voter by\n\nfacsimile device as described by Section 14-118.1 of this title, and\n\nthe ballot cannot be read by the voting device, then two members of\n\nthe county election board of different political party affiliations\n\nor two members of an absentee voting board under the supervision of\n\nthe county election board shall be authorized to mark a substitute\n\nballot in identical fashion, insofar as is possible. Once so\n\nmarked, the substitute ballot shall be entered for counting into the\n\nvoting device. A written record of such action shall be made by the\n\ntwo county election board members.\n\nC. In the event there is a disagreement about how a substitute\n\nballot should be marked for any race, the matter shall be brought\n\nimmediately before the full county election board, which shall vote\n\nto decide how to mark the ballot.","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":"984151a930c73c660902d39de09b80726124976251db18815609e8536b059016","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-7-129.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-7-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}