Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-16-307
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Voting eligibility - Town meeting pollbook - Illegal
Official statutory text
voting - Penalty.
A. The presiding officer at a town meeting shall follow
reasonable and necessary procedures to ensure that persons who are
not registered voters of the town do not vote. Registered voters
shall be seated in a clearly marked area separate from persons not
registered to vote.
B. To be eligible to vote at a town meeting, a person must be
registered with the county election board at an address located
within the municipality. Before being seated in the section
reserved for registered voters, each voter shall sign his or her
name in a town meeting pollbook, said signature to constitute a
sworn affidavit on the part of the voter that he or she is eligible
to vote at the election. The pollbook shall be prepared by the
municipal clerk. For such purpose, the municipal clerk or designee
of the municipal clerk shall be authorized to administer the oath or
affirmation contained in the affidavit. The town meeting pollbook
shall be on file in the office of the municipal clerk and shall be
open to public inspection during reasonable office hours; provided,
however, that such town meeting pollbooks may be digitized or
electronically copied and stored by the municipal clerk at the end
of six (6) months from the date of the election wherein such town
meeting pollbook was used. Any person knowingly voting illegally or
found guilty of casting more than one vote for any office or on any
question considered at the meeting shall be punished by a fine of
not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
A. The presiding officer at a town meeting shall follow
reasonable and necessary procedures to ensure that persons who are
not registered voters of the town do not vote. Registered voters
shall be seated in a clearly marked area separate from persons not
registered to vote.
B. To be eligible to vote at a town meeting, a person must be
registered with the county election board at an address located
within the municipality. Before being seated in the section
reserved for registered voters, each voter shall sign his or her
name in a town meeting pollbook, said signature to constitute a
sworn affidavit on the part of the voter that he or she is eligible
to vote at the election. The pollbook shall be prepared by the
municipal clerk. For such purpose, the municipal clerk or designee
of the municipal clerk shall be authorized to administer the oath or
affirmation contained in the affidavit. The town meeting pollbook
shall be on file in the office of the municipal clerk and shall be
open to public inspection during reasonable office hours; provided,
however, that such town meeting pollbooks may be digitized or
electronically copied and stored by the municipal clerk at the end
of six (6) months from the date of the election wherein such town
meeting pollbook was used. Any person knowingly voting illegally or
found guilty of casting more than one vote for any office or on any
question considered at the meeting shall be punished by a fine of
not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
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