Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-14-115.4

A. 1. A registered voter may apply for an in-person absentee

ballot at a location designated by the secretary of the county

election board from:

a. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday

immediately preceding any election conducted by a

county election board,

b. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding

a General Election, Primary Election, Runoff Primary

Election or Presidential Preferential Primary Election

as described in Sections 1-101, 1-102, 1-103 and 20-

101 of this title, and

c. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Wednesday immediately

preceding a General Election as described in Section

1-101 of this title.

2. As part of the application for an in-person absentee ballot

such registered voter shall swear or affirm that the voter has not

voted a regular mail absentee ballot and that the voter will not

vote at the regular polling place in the election for which the in-

person absentee ballot is requested.

3. The secretary of the county election board in counties with

twenty-five thousand (25,000) or more registered voters, or with an

area in excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square miles,

may designate more than one location as an in-person absentee

polling place for an election, subject to the approval of and

pursuant to the procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the State

Election Board.

B. 1. The voter also shall provide proof of identity as

defined in Section 7-114 of this title. If the voter declines to or

is unable to produce proof of identity, the voter may sign a

statement under oath, in a form approved by the Secretary of the

State Election Board, swearing or affirming that the person is the

person identified on the precinct registry, and shall be allowed to

cast a provisional ballot as provided in Section 7-116.1 of this

title.

2. False swearing or affirming under oath shall be punishable

as a felony as provided in Section 16-103 of this title, and the

penalty shall be distinctly set forth on the face of the statement.

C. One or more absentee voting boards shall be on duty at the

in-person absentee polling place on the days and during the hours

set forth in subsection A of this section. If the secretary of a

county election board receives an application from a registered

voter requesting to vote by in-person absentee ballot the secretary

shall cause to be implemented the following procedures:

1. An absentee voting board shall provide to each registered

voter who applies for an in-person absentee ballot appropriate

ballots and materials as may be necessary to vote;

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2. The voter must sign an in-person absentee voter record, and

the signature of the voter on such record must be certified by both

members of the absentee voting board, except that the secretary of

the county election board and one other member of the absentee

voting board may certify the signature of another member of the

absentee voting board;

3. The voter must mark the ballots of the voter in the manner

provided by law in the presence of the absentee voting board, but in

such a manner as to make it impossible for any person other than the

voter to ascertain how such ballots are marked. Insofar as is

possible, the voting procedure shall be the same as if the voter

were casting a vote in person at a precinct;

4. The voter shall then deposit the ballot in a voting device

designated for in-person absentee voting by the secretary of the

county election board;

5. When the in-person polling place is closed on each day of

in-person absentee voting the in-person absentee voting board shall,

without obtaining a printout of results, remove the electronic

results storage media from the voting device and seal ballots

counted that day in a transfer case which shall be secured by the

sheriff of the county in the same manner as provided in Section 8-

110 of this title. The electronic results storage media shall be
of

in-person absentee voting the in-person absentee voting board shall,

without obtaining a printout of results, remove the electronic

results storage media from the voting device and seal ballots

counted that day in a transfer case which shall be secured by the

sheriff of the county in the same manner as provided in Section 8-

110 of this title. The electronic results storage media shall be

sealed in a container prescribed by the Secretary of the State

Election Board. The sheriff shall secure the sealed electronic

results storage media container and return it to the in-person

absentee voting board no later than 7:45 a.m. on the next day of in-

person absentee voting or to the secretary of the county election

board at the time of the county election board meeting to count

absentee ballots on election day; and

6. If there is a malfunction in such a way that the electronic

results storage media used for in-person absentee voting will not

function, the sheriff is authorized to return the transfer cases

containing in-person absentee ballots to the county election board

to be recounted as provided in Section 7-134.1 of this title.