26 O.S. § 4-120.2 (OSCN 1998)

Oklahoma Statutes
Cite As: 26 O.S. § 4-120.2 (OSCN 1998)

Title 26. Elections

SUPERSEDED

Superseded Effective November 01,1997

Chapter A1.
Article IV. Voter Registration
§4-120.2. Inactive Voters.

After November 15 but no later than December 30, 1994, all registration information on inactive voters shall be removed from the central registry and the Oklahoma Election Management System, their registrations shall be canceled and the information destroyed. No later than June 1, 1997, and every two (2) years thereafter, any voter for whom a first-class mailing from the county election board was returned during the previous twenty-four (24) months, any voter identified by the Secretary of the State Election Board as a potential duplicate and any registered voter who did not vote in any election conducted by a county election board during the previous twenty-four (24) months and who has initiated no voter registration change during the previous twenty-four (24) months shall be sent an address confirmation mailing prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board and paid for by the state. Voters who do not respond to the confirmation mailing or whose mailing is returned as nonforwardable shall be designated as inactive sixty (60) days after the mailing. An inactive voter's status shall be changed to active under the following conditions:

1. With any registration change initiated by the voter; or

2. By voting in any election conducted by a county election board. An inactive voter who does not vote in any election conducted by a county election board during the period beginning on the date of the confirmation mailing and ending on the day after the date of the second successive general election for federal office shall be removed as a registered voter and all the information on that voter shall be destroyed. Each county election board secretary shall maintain a list of the names and addresses of all persons sent a confirmation mailing as described in this section and information on whether or not each such person has responded to the notice. Said list shall be maintained for twenty-four (24) months following the date of the second successive federal general election after the date of the confirmation mailing.

Historical Data

Added by Laws 1981, c. 45, § 3, emerg. eff. April 8, 1981. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 171, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 1983; Laws 1990, c. 331, § 8, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 321, § 7, eff. March 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 260, § 21, eff. September 1, 1994.tempmarker