Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-2-121
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Offices of county election boards – Election security
Official statutory text
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A. It shall be the mandatory duty of the county commissioners
of each county to furnish, at county expense, in each county seat a
suitable office for the county election board. The office shall
provide adequate space for storage of election records and supplies,
voting devices, ballot boxes and adequate space for the exercise of
other functions required by law of the county election board and
shall be equipped with suitable furniture and office equipment and a
telephone. The office shall be convenient to the public, shall have
furniture, furnishings and fixtures and other equipment comparable
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to other county offices within the county, and necessary to the
operation of the office.
B. 1. The county commissioners of each county shall, at county
expense, implement security measures at the county election board
that are equivalent to security measures the county provides to its
other county agencies, in order to ensure the county election board
office is adequately protected from physical intrusions or attacks
and to provide cybersecurity for county-owned computer systems
operated by the county election board.
2. County officials shall immediately notify the Secretary of
the State Election Board upon learning of an attempted or successful
physical or cyber attack or intrusion committed against the county
election board.
C. To ensure the security of election records, equipment,
computers, software, ballots, supplies and other materials necessary
to conduct elections:
1. The county election board shall not share storage space
where ballots, voter registration records or election equipment are
stored with any other county agency unless authorized by the
Secretary of the State Election Board; and
2. No county personnel other than those employed by the county
election board shall be assigned workspace within the physical
offices that are assigned to the county election board.
Provided, nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the county
election board office from being located within the county
courthouse or another county-owned building shared by multiple
county agencies, nor shall it restrict the county election board
from utilizing common areas intended for use by multiple county
agencies other than as specifically prohibited in this subsection.
D. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall have the
authority to enforce the requirements of, and may promulgate
administrative rules to implement the provisions of, this section.
A. It shall be the mandatory duty of the county commissioners
of each county to furnish, at county expense, in each county seat a
suitable office for the county election board. The office shall
provide adequate space for storage of election records and supplies,
voting devices, ballot boxes and adequate space for the exercise of
other functions required by law of the county election board and
shall be equipped with suitable furniture and office equipment and a
telephone. The office shall be convenient to the public, shall have
furniture, furnishings and fixtures and other equipment comparable
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to other county offices within the county, and necessary to the
operation of the office.
B. 1. The county commissioners of each county shall, at county
expense, implement security measures at the county election board
that are equivalent to security measures the county provides to its
other county agencies, in order to ensure the county election board
office is adequately protected from physical intrusions or attacks
and to provide cybersecurity for county-owned computer systems
operated by the county election board.
2. County officials shall immediately notify the Secretary of
the State Election Board upon learning of an attempted or successful
physical or cyber attack or intrusion committed against the county
election board.
C. To ensure the security of election records, equipment,
computers, software, ballots, supplies and other materials necessary
to conduct elections:
1. The county election board shall not share storage space
where ballots, voter registration records or election equipment are
stored with any other county agency unless authorized by the
Secretary of the State Election Board; and
2. No county personnel other than those employed by the county
election board shall be assigned workspace within the physical
offices that are assigned to the county election board.
Provided, nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the county
election board office from being located within the county
courthouse or another county-owned building shared by multiple
county agencies, nor shall it restrict the county election board
from utilizing common areas intended for use by multiple county
agencies other than as specifically prohibited in this subsection.
D. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall have the
authority to enforce the requirements of, and may promulgate
administrative rules to implement the provisions of, this section.
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