TrustVoting Atlas

A. For the purposes of this section, “absentee ballot
harvesting” means:
1. Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another
person with the intent to submit, transmit or return the ballot to
election officials on behalf of that person;
2. Submitting, returning or transmitting an absentee ballot to
election officials on behalf of another person;
3. Collecting or obtaining an absentee ballot from another
person under a false pretense or promise of transmitting, returning
or submitting it to election officials on behalf of that person;
4. Requesting or receiving an absentee ballot on behalf of
another person;
5. Distributing an absentee ballot application or request to a
voter using the official letterhead of a candidate or elected
official;
6. Partially or fully completing an application for an absentee
ballot on behalf of another person without that person’s prior
consent; or
7. Notarizing or witnessing more absentee ballots than allowed
by law.
B. Absentee ballot harvesting shall be unlawful at any election
conducted by a county election board, the State Election Board or
any political subdivision of this state; provided, the following
shall not be deemed to be ballot harvesting:
1. A voter’s assistant or agent acting pursuant to law as
otherwise allowed by this title;
2. An absentee voting board member, as described in this title,
who assists a voter confined to a nursing home or State Veterans
Home pursuant to law;
3. An employee of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the
United States Department of Defense or the Oklahoma National Guard
who assists a uniformed-services voter in returning or transmitting
an absentee ballot;
4. A spouse, relative in the first or second degree of
consanguinity or affinity or cohabitant of a voter who forwards an
absentee ballot to the voter when absent from the home;
5. A voter’s spouse who, with the voter’s consent, returns the
voter’s absentee ballot by mail; or
6. An official action by an election official that is required
or authorized by law.