§ 26 O.S. § 26-7-127Rules governing counting

The following rules shall govern the counting and recounting of
votes:
1. If the name of any person is written on a ballot, the name
shall not be counted;
2. A valid vote shall be any mark prescribed by the Secretary
of the State Election Board made by voters indicating the voter's
choice of party, candidate or issue on a ballot. Such marking shall
be hereinafter referred to as "valid markings". Such valid markings
located otherwise on the ballot shall not be counted;
3. Marks used to designate the intention of the voter, other
than those herein defined as valid markings, shall not be counted;
4. Failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more
candidates or questions shall not of itself invalidate the entire
ballot if the same has been properly marked as to other candidates
or questions;
5. A valid marking marked for a political party shall be
counted as a vote for each of the political party's candidates on
that ballot, except that a valid marking marked for a candidate's
name shall take precedence, for that office, over a valid marking
for a political party. Provided, further, that if valid markings
are marked for more than one political party on a ballot, the ballot
shall not be counted for any party offices thereon; and
6. Any ballot or part of a ballot on which it is impossible to
determine the voter's choice of candidate shall be void as to the
candidate or candidates thereby affected.