§ 26 O.S. § 26-21-101Unitary, unified, integrated system of election

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administration - Implementation – Procedures.
A. The Secretary of the State Election Board is hereby
authorized beginning July 1, 1989, to purchase equipment for and
implement a unitary, unified, integrated system of election
administration for the State of Oklahoma that includes an electronic
data processing system for maintenance of voter registration
records, certification of election results and other electionrelated applications, and the installation of electronic, optical
scanning voting devices compatible with the same system in every
precinct polling place.
B. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to
adopt procedures consistent, insofar as practicable, with existing
law for implementation of the system.
C. Except as provided in subsection A of this section, no
electronic data processing applications shall be implemented by a
county election board, nor shall voting devices be purchased by a
county, except for those electronic data processing applications and
voting devices already in use or for which a contract had been
signed by no later than March 31, 1986.
D. A new unitary integrated voting system described in
subsection A of this section that is implemented on or after January
1, 2023, shall be required to report the official election returns
of each election by precinct, including, but not limited to, all
votes cast in person and by absentee ballot.

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