Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 230 - State Election Board
Chapter 35 - Election Conduct
Subchapter 5 - Instructions for Precinct Officials
Part 23 - VOTER ASSISTANCE
Section 230:35-5-120.1 - Assistance inside the polling place for blind or visually disabled voters, physically disabled voters, or illiterate voters
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
Some voters need assistance to vote because they are blind or visually disabled, physically disabled or infirm, or illiterate. Such voters must always be offered the opportunity to vote privately and independently using the ATI device attached to the voting device. If a voter chooses not to use the ATI, however, the Precinct Officials follow this procedure.
(1) The Inspector reads the one of the following oaths that is appropriate for the voter.
(2) The voter chooses an assistant. The assistant may be anyone the voter wants, including the Judge or the Clerk, but not the Inspector.
(3) The Inspector reads this oath to the voter's assistant. "Do you swear or affirm that you are not the voter's employer or an agent of the voter's employer? Do you swear or affirm that you are not an officer or agent of the voter's union? Do you swear or affirm that you will mark the ballot or help the voter mark the ballot according to the voter's wishes?
(4) The voter signs the Precinct Registry if he can. If the voter cannot sign the Precinct Registry, the Judge prints the voter's name in the Precinct Registry and then writes his own initials beside the voter's printed name.
(5) The Clerk issues the appropriate ballot to the voter.
(6) The Inspector prints the names of the voter and the voter's assistant on the Voter Assistance Form and puts a check mark in the appropriate column to describe the reason the voter needed assistance.
(7) The Inspector and the voter's assistant both sign the Voter Assistance Form.
(8) The voter and the voter's assistant go into a voting booth to mark the voter's ballot.
(9) The voter and the assistant return to the voting device after marking the ballot and put the ballot in the voting device.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 2571, eff 7-1-98 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1672, eff 7-15-13
