{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-7-130","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-7-130","heading":"Watchers - Commission - Duties - Violation deemed","body":"misdemeanor.\n\nAny candidate or any recognized political party shall be\n\nentitled to have a watcher present at any place where an official\n\ncount is being conducted. Such watcher must be commissioned in\n\nwriting by the candidate, or by the chair of the recognized\n\npolitical party of the county in which the watcher is being\n\nauthorized. Such commission must be filed with the secretary of the\n\nappropriate county election board no later than 5:00 p.m. on\n\nWednesday preceding the election. Watchers must subscribe to an\n\noath to observe all laws and rules prescribed for watchers as\n\nhereinafter provided. Such oath must be administered by the\n\ninspector of the precinct in which the watcher is authorized.\n\nWatchers shall be entitled to observe the voting device both before\n\nthe polls are opened and after the polls are closed; provided,\n\nfurther, that such watchers shall not be present at the polling\n\nplace at other times. Watchers may be commissioned to observe\n\nvoting device testing and to accompany personnel assigned to repair\n\nor maintain machines during the period of the election. In such\n\ncase, the watchers shall be limited to observing the repair or\n\nmaintenance work being performed and making a written record of such\n\nwork. All watchers shall only appear in person and the use of\n\nwatchers via electronic devices is prohibited. Any watcher who\n\nviolates the law prescribed for watchers shall be deemed guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor.","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":"e162bf31f2724e0c0b5d7177397a4bdc594c2071661e2258b3ef36a0b75e7bc6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-7-129.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-7-132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}