Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-7-104
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Hours for voting - Conformity with federal law
Official statutory text
A. At every Primary, Runoff Primary and General Election and
any other election conducted by a county election board, each
polling place in the state shall open at 7:00 a.m. and shall remain
open continuously until 7:00 p.m., and every registered voter of a
precinct who presents himself or herself between said hours shall be
entitled to vote, as provided by law, provided further, all
qualified voters who are in line waiting to vote at 7:00 p.m. shall
be allowed to vote.
B. 1. A registered voter wishing to vote on election day shall
appear at the polling place for his or her assigned precinct.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 26. Elections Page 91
2. Neither the State Election Board nor any county election
board shall utilize vote centers for voting on election day. For
the purposes of this section, "vote center" means a place where any
voter in the entire jurisdiction can vote on election day,
regardless of the voter's precinct assignment. Provided, an
exception to this requirement may be authorized for a county
election board by the Secretary of the State Election Board in the
event of an emergency as described in Section 22-101 of this title.
The emergency use of a countywide vote center must be limited to the
precincts directly impacted by the emergency.
3. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use of
subprecincts as described in Section 3-119 of this title, nor shall
it prohibit the assignment of precinct officials to serve more than
one precinct, if authorized by law, if the precincts share the same
election day polling place.
C. If any provision of federal law specifies hours for voting
in federal elections, the Secretary of the State Election Board
shall direct the county election boards to allow voting in all
elections held on the same day as such federal elections during the
hours specified by federal law.
any other election conducted by a county election board, each
polling place in the state shall open at 7:00 a.m. and shall remain
open continuously until 7:00 p.m., and every registered voter of a
precinct who presents himself or herself between said hours shall be
entitled to vote, as provided by law, provided further, all
qualified voters who are in line waiting to vote at 7:00 p.m. shall
be allowed to vote.
B. 1. A registered voter wishing to vote on election day shall
appear at the polling place for his or her assigned precinct.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 26. Elections Page 91
2. Neither the State Election Board nor any county election
board shall utilize vote centers for voting on election day. For
the purposes of this section, "vote center" means a place where any
voter in the entire jurisdiction can vote on election day,
regardless of the voter's precinct assignment. Provided, an
exception to this requirement may be authorized for a county
election board by the Secretary of the State Election Board in the
event of an emergency as described in Section 22-101 of this title.
The emergency use of a countywide vote center must be limited to the
precincts directly impacted by the emergency.
3. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use of
subprecincts as described in Section 3-119 of this title, nor shall
it prohibit the assignment of precinct officials to serve more than
one precinct, if authorized by law, if the precincts share the same
election day polling place.
C. If any provision of federal law specifies hours for voting
in federal elections, the Secretary of the State Election Board
shall direct the county election boards to allow voting in all
elections held on the same day as such federal elections during the
hours specified by federal law.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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