Elections; Oklahoma Election Process Integrity Act of 2025; in-person access; county election board; official act; effective date.

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not provide details on enforcement mechanisms or consequences for non-compliance.

Oklahoma Election Process Integrity Act of 2025

This bill creates a new law that requires members of county election boards to be physically present for all official actions related to elections.

What This Bill Does

• Creates the Oklahoma Election Process Integrity Act of 2025.
• Requires members of a county's election board to have physical presence at locations where official actions are taking place, including counting ballots and extracting them from envelopes.
• Defines 'in-person access' as physical presence and not remote viewing methods like cameras.
• Specifies that this act will become effective on November 1, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of county election boards in Oklahoma.
• County election board employees or volunteers.

Terms To Know

in-person access

Physical presence at the location where official actions are taking place, not remote viewing methods like cameras.

official act

Actions related to election processes such as counting ballots and extracting them from envelopes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if a member of the county election board cannot physically be present for an official action.
• It is unclear how this act will be enforced or monitored.

Official Summary Text

Elections; Oklahoma Election Process Integrity Act of 2025; in-person access; county election board; official act; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1028 (House): Introduced (3/7/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1028 By: Jenkins

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to elections; creating the Oklahoma
Election Process Integrity Act of 2025; requiring in-
person access for all members of county election
board; including certain employees and staff;
clarifying official act; defining in-person access;
providing for noncodification; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
Election Process Integrity Act of 2025".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8-123 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. All members of a county's election board shall be granted
in-person access to all official actions of:
1. The county's election board, and
2. The county election board's employees or volunteers.

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B. Official actions include, but are not limited to, the
counting, tabulation of, and extraction of ballots from envelopes.
C. As used in this section, "in-person access" shall mean
physical access. In-person access does not include closed-circuit
access or other camera surveillance means.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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