Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-4-120.3

A. The State Department of Health shall each month transmit to

the Secretary of the State Election Board a certified list of all

deaths of residents that have occurred within the state for the

immediately preceding month to include only the personal identifiers

needed to compare such information against the state's voter

registration database including, but not limited to, the decedent's

name, date of death, and date of birth. The list shall include the

last four digits of the decedent's Social Security number and driver

license number or state identification card number for each decedent

if such information was provided to the State Department of Health.

The Secretary of the State Election Board shall transmit such list

to the secretary of the county election board who shall then use the

list to ascertain those voters who are deceased, and shall remove

such deceased person's name from the central registry and voter

registration database within thirty (30) days from the date the list

was received by the county election board. Such list shall be used

only for the purposes described in this subsection. The State

Election Board and county election boards shall not release

information, data, or records received from the State Department of

Health for the purpose of identifying deceased voters in response to

an Oklahoma Open Records Act request and shall protect the integrity

of the vital records data to the extent required of the State

Department of Health by Section 1-323 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

B. The registration of a deceased voter shall be canceled by

the secretary of a county election board upon the receipt of a

certified copy of a death certificate from any person or upon the

execution by the next of kin of such deceased voter of a form and

upon the nature of proof of the fact thereof as prescribed by the

Secretary of the State Election Board. Such form must be executed

in person by the deceased voter's next of kin at the county election

board office, in which case it shall be witnessed by the secretary

or other designated employees, at the deceased voter's precinct

polling place or at the next of kin's precinct polling place in the

same county on the day of any election, in which case it shall be

witnessed by the inspector of such precinct, or the form may be

personally signed by the next of kin, such signature to be notarized

by a notary public or witnessed by two persons whose signatures and

addresses shall appear on the form, and returned to the county

election board.

C. The administrator of a nursing facility, as defined in

Section 1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the

administrator of a State Veterans Home established pursuant to Title

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72 of the Oklahoma Statutes, also may execute a form prescribed by

the Secretary of the State Election Board to notify the secretary of

the county election board of the death of a nursing facility

resident who is a registered voter. The administrator's signature

on such form shall be witnessed by a member of the nursing home

absentee voting board, shall be notarized or shall be witnessed by

two persons whose signatures and addresses shall appear on the form.

D. A funeral director, as defined in Section 396.2 of Title 59

of the Oklahoma Statutes, may execute a form prescribed by the

Secretary of the State Election Board to notify the secretary of the

county election board of the death of a resident of the county. The

funeral director's signature on such form either shall be notarized

or shall be witnessed by two persons whose signatures and addresses

shall appear on the form. Upon receipt of such form or any notice

setting forth substantially the same facts and witnessed or

notarized as provided in this section, the secretary of the county

election board shall be authorized to cancel the voter registration

of such deceased person.
e on such form either shall be notarized

or shall be witnessed by two persons whose signatures and addresses

shall appear on the form. Upon receipt of such form or any notice

setting forth substantially the same facts and witnessed or

notarized as provided in this section, the secretary of the county

election board shall be authorized to cancel the voter registration

of such deceased person.

E. The registration of a deceased voter who was a member of the

Oklahoma National Guard or the Armed Forces of the United States and

who died in the line of duty may be canceled by the secretary of a

county election board upon the receipt of notification of the

voter's death from the Oklahoma National Guard or the Armed Forces

of the United States. The Secretary of the State Election Board may

prescribe the forms of such notification to be accepted by the

county election board in order to cause the registration of the

voter to be canceled. The Secretary shall further request the

Oklahoma National Guard and the Armed Forces of the United States to

provide notifications to the county election board as provided for

in this section.

F. 1. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall obtain

official death records from the Social Security Administration. The

Secretary of the State Election Board shall compare such death

records against the state's voter registration database. Any

possible match of a death record to a registered voter shall be

transmitted to the secretary of the county election board in the

county in which the voter is registered. The secretary of the

county election board shall ascertain any voter who is deceased, and

shall remove such deceased person's name from the central registry

and voter registration database.

2. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to

obtain official death records from other states. If such data is

obtained, the Secretary of the State Election Board shall compare

such death records against the state's voter registration database.

Any possible match of a death record to a registered voter shall be

transmitted to the secretary of the county election board in the

county in which the voter is registered. The secretary of the

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county election board shall ascertain any voter who is deceased, and

shall remove such deceased person's name from the central registry

and voter registration database.

3. The State Election Board and county election boards shall

not release the official death records described in this subsection

in response to an Oklahoma Open Records Act request, and shall

protect the integrity of the data to the extent required by federal

and state law.