Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Prior to 7 p.m. election
night. Prior to 7 p.m. on election night, and preferably on the day
before the election, the Secretary of the County Election Board shall cause the
tabulation computer to be prepared to read and tabulate election
results.
(b)
After 7 p.m. on
election night. The Secretary shall cause the election results storage
devices to be read into the tabulation computer in order to accumulate election
results. The following procedure shall be observed.
(1) The election results storage devices from
the voting device or devices used for in-person absentee voting and from the
voting device or devices used to count mail and nursing home absentee ballots
may be read into the Tally computer immediately after 7 p.m. In all counties
except Oklahoma and Tulsa Counties, these absentee results must be read and
tabulated before any precinct results.
(2) As voting devices are received from
Inspectors as described in
230:35-3-84, the election results
storage devices shall be removed from the voting device as outlined in
230:35-3-85.3, and shall be
transferred to the tabulation computer. The tabulation computer operator shall
read and tabulate election results storage devices as they are received. The
operator should manually start and stop the tabulation process at least once
every 10 minutes to ensure that all results read have been tabulated and
uploaded to the State Election Board.
(3) Periodically throughout the evening, the
tabulation computer operator shall print appropriate reports with current
results. Copies of the updated reports shall be made available to the County
Election Board members, to the news media, and other interested persons as
needed.
(c)
Verifying election results in MESA and on State Election Board
website. After all election results storage devices have been read and
tabulated, including from the voting device designated and prepared for
election night recounts, the tabulation computer operator shall take the
following steps.
(1) Request, print, and
label final copies of all reports.
(2) Close the tabulation program and follow
the appropriate software instructions to signal the State Election Board that
no additional results will be received from the county on election night.
(3) Access the certification
reporting system in MESA.
(A) Request and
print the Election Summary Results by County report and the Precinct Report
from MESA.
(B) If yours is the
control (parent) county for a multi-county school district or municipality,
also request and print the Election Summary Results report to include results
from affected counties.
(C) Request
and print the Unofficial Pre-provisional Report
(4) Access the State Election Board's
election results reporting website and go the page displaying the county's
results. Verify that the vote totals shown for the county on the reports
printed from the tabulation computer and the results shown on the Election
Summary Results by County report from MESA match the totals shown on the
website.
(5) If the county is the
control (parent) county for a multi-county school district or municipality, go
to the multi-county results page and select the multi-county entity from the
drop-down list. Verify that the results shown for the entity on the Election
Summary Results report, which includes results from affected counties, match
the results shown on the website. The control (parent) county does not have a
report from the tabulation computer that includes results from affected
counties.
(d)
Friday following election. The Secretary of the County Election
Board shall cause a voting device to be designated and prepared for counting
provisional ballots. All provisional ballots that have been verified and
approved for counting shall be counted in the presence of the members of the
County Election Board on the designated voting device. When all provisional
ballots have been counted, the following steps shall be performed.
(1) Close the polls on the voting device and
print the Detail and Tally Report. Print additional copies of the Detail and
Tally Report as instructed by the Secretary.
(2) Remove the election results storage
device from the voting device as instructed in
230:35-3-85.3
(3) Read and tabulate the election results
storage device in the tabulation computer as outlined in (b) of this Section.
(4) Request, print, and label all
appropriate reports.
(5) Compare
the results shown on the reports from the tabulation computer with the results
shown on the Tally Report from the voting device used to count the provisional
ballots. Verify that all vote totals match.
(6) Close the tabulation program and follow
the appropriate software instructions to signal the State Election Board that
the election results are complete.
(7) Access certification reporting system in
MESA.
(A) Request and print the Election
Summary Results by County report and the Precinct Report from MESA. Verify that
vote total shown include changes resulting from the counted provisional ballots
(B) If yours is the control
(parent) county for a multi-county school district or municipality, also
request and print the Election Summary Results report to include complete
results from affected counties.
(C)
Request and print the Unofficial Post-provisional Report. Verify the vote
totals shown are correct.
(D)
Request and print the appropriate number of Official Certification
Reports.
Amended at 9 Ok Reg 1231, eff 3-1-92 (emergency); Added
at 9 Ok Reg 2387, eff 7-1-92 ; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2631, eff 7-1-97 ; Amended
at 16 Ok Reg 2427, eff 7-1-99 ; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1884, eff 7-1-05 ; Amended
at 23 Ok Reg 1290, eff 7-1-06 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1672, eff
7-15-13
