Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 230 - State Election Board
Chapter 35 - Election Conduct
Subchapter 3 - County Election Board Responsibilities
Part 17 - DISPOSITION OF MATERIALS
Section 230:35-3-98 - Disposing of ballots

Voted ballots for Presidential Electors, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative and from the Presidential Preferential Primary Election shall be retained for 24 months after the election at which they were cast. Unused ballots for Presidential Electors, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative and from the Presidential Preferential Primary Election shall be retained for 30 days after the election. Both voted ballots and unused ballots for all other elections shall be retained for 30 days after the election at which they were cast. The ballots shall be maintained in the sealed ballot transfer boxes throughout the ballot retention period unless the court orders the transfer boxes opened for a recount. Ballot transfer cases opened for a recount shall be resealed by the County Election Board following conclusion of the recount. When the ballot retention period for an election has expired, the ballot transfer boxes shall be opened and the ballots shall be destroyed.

Amended at 9 Ok Reg 1231, eff 3-1-92 (emergency); Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2387, eff 7-1-92 ; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2237, eff 7-1-95 ; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 351, eff 11-5-07 through 7-14-08 (emergency) 1 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1672, eff 7-15-13

1 This emergency action expired without being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last effective permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-08 (after the 7-14-08 expiration of the emergency action), the text of 230:35-3-98 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective 7-1-95, as was last published in the 2006 Edition of the OAC.