Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-14-101.1

A. For the purposes of this section, “absentee ballot

harvesting” means:

1. Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another

person with the intent to submit, transmit or return the ballot to

election officials on behalf of that person;

2. Submitting, returning or transmitting an absentee ballot to

election officials on behalf of another person;

3. Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another

person under a false pretense or promise of transmitting, returning

or submitting it to election officials on behalf of that person;

4. Requesting or receiving an absentee ballot on behalf of

another person;

5. Distributing an absentee ballot application or request to a

voter using the official letterhead of a candidate or elected

official;

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6. Partially or fully completing an application for an absentee

ballot on behalf of another person without that person’s prior

consent; or

7. Notarizing or witnessing more absentee ballots than allowed

by law.

B. Absentee ballot harvesting shall be unlawful at any election

conducted by a county election board, the State Election Board or

any political subdivision of this state; provided, the following

shall not be deemed to be ballot harvesting:

1. A voter’s assistant or agent acting pursuant to law as

otherwise allowed by this title;

2. An absentee voting board member, as described in this title,

who assists a voter confined to a nursing home or State Veterans

Home pursuant to law;

3. An employee of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the

United States Department of Defense or the Oklahoma National Guard

who assists a uniformed-services voter in returning or transmitting

an absentee ballot;

4. A spouse, relative in the first or second degree of

consanguinity or affinity or cohabitant of a voter who forwards an

absentee ballot to the voter when absent from the home;

5. A voter’s spouse who, with the voter’s consent, returns the

voter’s absentee ballot by mail; or

6. An official action by an election official that is required

or authorized by law.