Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) The Secretary of the County Election
Board shall have the authority not to issue a voting device to a precinct
polling place on election day only when all of the following circumstances
exist.
(1) Only one entity is holding an
election in the precinct.
(2) Voter
registration records indicate that there are no registered voters assigned to
the entity in the precinct.
(3) No
one is known to reside within the boundaries of the entity holding the election
in the precinct.
(4) The entity
has not exercised its options either to close the precinct or to close only the
polling place and to provide only absentee ballots for the election. See
only
(b) The Precinct
Election Board shall be assigned to the precinct polling place on election day.
The Inspector shall receive appropriate precinct supplies, which shall include
ballots, a Ballot Accounting Form, provisional voting supplies, and a copy of
the special instructions for Precinct Officials outlined in (f) of this
section. Contact the State Election Board office for the Provisional Ballots
Cast form and include at least two copies of it in the precinct supplies. A
voting device shall not be issued for the polling place.
(c) In the event that a voter appears at the
polling place on election day and claims to be eligible to vote in the election
, Precinct Officials shall issue a provisional ballot to the voter according to
the procedure outlined in
230:35-5-177.
(d) At 7 p.m., the Inspector shall indicate
the number of provisional ballots, if any, cast on each copy of the Provisional
Ballots Cast sheet included in the precinct supplies. The Precinct Officials
each shall sign the copies. The copies shall be distributed as follows.
(1) One copy shall be posted on the polling
place door.
(2) One copy shall be
placed inside the ballot transfer box.
(3) One copy shall be placed inside the clear
plastic sleeve on the orange Provisional Ballot Bag.
(e) At the County Election Board office, the
Secretary shall cause one of the following actions to occur prior to 7 p.m. on
election day.
(1) Program voting devices in
the County Election Board office with the election day polling place ID number
for each precinct with no polling place open or with no voting device issued to
an open polling place on election day.
(A)
Prior to 7 p.m. on election day, open the polls on each such voting device.
(B) Immediately after 7 p.m.,
close the polls on each voting device and print at least two sets of voting
device reports.
(C) Remove the
election results storage devices from each voting device, and give them to the
tabulation computer operator to be read as soon as all absentee results have
been read and tabulated.
(2) As an alternative to programming several
voting devices, the Secretary may choose to program a single voting device with
the county vote center polling place ID number.
(A) Follow the same steps outlined in (1) (A)
and (B) of this subsection.
(B)
Remove the election results storage device from the voter center voting device.
Place the election results storage device in a secure place until all other
results storage devices from all voting devices used to count absentee ballots
and from all other open precincts have been received, read and tabulated.
(C) Verify that any necessary
election night recounts are completed and that all other election results have
been read and tabulated.
(D) Read
and tabulate the results storage device removed earlier from the voter center
voting device.
(3) The
options outlined in (1) and (2) of this subsection will cause all precincts
involved in the election to appear fully reported on all reports from the
tabulation system, from MESA, and on the State Election Board's election
results reporting website.
(f) Provide a printed copy of the following
instructions to Precinct Officials for use on election day when a voting device
is not issued to a precinct polling place.
(1) Although the polling place must be open
for today's election, County Election Board records indicate that there are no
voters in this precinct eligible to participate in the election. Therefore, a
voting device has not been issued for this polling place.
(2) In the event that a voter appears and
claims to be eligible to vote in the election today, issue a provisional ballot
to the voter following the provisional voting procedure in
230:35-5-177. Indicate either
that the voter's name does not appear in the Precinct Registry or that the
voter disputes the school district, technology center district, or municipal
assignment indicated in the Precinct Registry.
(3) At 7 p.m., the Inspector shall indicate
the number of provisional ballots cast, if any, on each copy of the Provisional
Ballots Cast sheet included in the precinct supplies. The Precinct Officials
each shall sign all the copies. The copies shall be distributed as follows:
(A) One copy shall be posted on the polling
place door.
(B) One copy shall be
placed inside the ballot transfer box.
(C) One copy shall be placed inside the clear
plastic sleeve on the orange Provisional Ballot Bag.
(4) If a provisional ballot is cast, follow
the instructions in
230:35-5-75.3(g)
to secure the orange Provisional Ballot Bag for return to the County Election
Board office.
(5) Complete the
Ballot Accounting Form and pack the ballots as outlined in
230:35-5-75.3. Pack all remaining
supplies as outlined in
230:35-5-76.
Added at 24 Ok Reg 1497, eff 7-1-07 ; Amended at 25 Ok
Reg 1921, eff 7-1-08 ; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2533, eff 7-15-09 ; Amended at 30
Ok Reg 1672, eff 7-15-13
