Oklahoma § 34-6.1 - Physical count of signatures - Signatures not included

§ 34-6.1. Physical count of signatures - Signatures not included

A. The Secretary of State shall make or cause to be made a

verification and count of the number of signatures on the petitions.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 34. Initiative and Referendum

In making such count, the Secretary of State shall not include in

such total count:

1. All signatures on any sheet of any petition which is not

verified by the person who circulated the sheet of the petition as

provided in Section 6 of this title;

2. All signatures of nonresidents;

3. All signatures on a sheet that is not attached to a copy of

the petition pamphlet;

4. All multiple signatures on any printed signature line;

5. All signatures not on a printed signature line;

6. Those signatures by a person who signs with any name other

than his or her own or signs more than once;

7. All signatures on any sheet on which a notary has failed to

sign, the seal of the notary is absent, the commission of the notary

has expired or the expiration date is not on the signature sheet;

and

8. Any signatures that cannot be verified by the Secretary of

State with the Oklahoma State Election Board's public voter

registration records.

B. The Secretary of State shall notify the Attorney General of

any and all violations of this title of which he or she has

knowledge.

C. The Secretary of State may purchase any tangible or

intangible assets, including, but not limited to, software,

necessary to carry out his or her duties pursuant to this section.

Such purchases shall be exempt from the requirements of the Oklahoma

Central Purchasing Act.

Added by Laws 1969, c. 206, § 3, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969.

Amended by Laws 1976, c. 30, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 1976; Laws

1992, c. 92, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 7, eff.

Nov. 1, 2020.