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OK SB273

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mary Boren

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands Saturday in-person absentee voting from one Saturday before General Elections to three Saturdays (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) before General, Primary, Runoff Primary, and Presidential Preferential Primary Elections

  • Requires counties with 25,000+ registered voters or exceeding 1,500 square miles to designate one in-person absentee polling location for every 15,000 registered voters, changing from optional to mandatory

  • Authorizes municipal law enforcement officers, in addition to county sheriffs, to provide security for election materials including securing sealed ballots and electronic results storage media

  • Removes the additional Wednesday voting day (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) that previously applied only to General Elections

  • Effective date: January 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Absentee voting; increasing number of days for in-person absentee voting; modifying procedures for certain polling places. Effective date.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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