Conducting a Voter Registration Drive in Oklahoma

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Voter Registration Deadline

Postmarked 25 days before Election Day

Getting Started

State Guide: The Secretary of State’s tips on how to conduct a voter registration drive are located here: oklahoma.gov/elections/voter-registration/voterregistration-drives.htmlTraining Requirement: Oklahoma does not require training for registration drives.Notification and Registration Requirements: Oklahoma does not have notification requirements for registration drives.Compensation Restrictions: Do not pay registration drive participants based on how many registrations they collect. Do not offer an applicant any incentive of monetary value to register to vote.

Obtaining Applications

State Form: The state mail-in voter registration application can be downloaded from the Oklahoma State Elections Board: oklahoma.gov/elections/voterregistration/register-to-vote.html

Applications may be requested from county or state election boards. Maximum quantities range from 250 to 1,000 forms at a time (depending on county population). Up to 1,000 may be requested at a time from the State Election Board. Multiple requests within a 30 day period must include a written statement that all previously received forms have been distributed. Organizations needing more than 1000 forms may request permission from the Secretary of the State Election Board to print them. Contact info@elections.ok.gov for a request form.

Federal Form: The federal voter registration application may be used in voter registration drives: eac.gov/voters/national-mail-voter-registration-form/

Photocopying Blank State Forms: Organizations may request permission to print, copy, prepare and distribute Voter Registration Applications from the State Election Board. Contact info@elections.ok.gov for a request form. You will receive an email notifying you that your request has been approved or rejected. The Secretary states that it reserves the right to revoke permission at any time.

Handling Applications

Application Assistance: Drive participants may assist a registrant in completing their application if they request it, and must provide their name and address in the appropriate slot on the form.

Incomplete Applications: The State Election Board states that voter registration organizations should not fill in missing information. The Board will contact voters directly to obtain missing information from any registration forms.

Photocopying Completed Applications: There is no law or rule prohibiting photocopying or retaining information from completed registration applications. As a best practice, a voter’s full or partial Social Security number and/or driver’s license number should not be retained.

Submitting Completed Applications: All registration applications collected as part of a voter registration drive (whether the federal form or the state form is used) must be received by one of the following:

  • The Oklahoma State Election Board (SEB): ok.gov/elections
  • Any county election board: oklahoma.gov/elections/about-us/county-electionboards.html
  • An agency designated to accept applications by the voter registration deadline: oar.state.ok.us/viewhtml/230_15-5-122.htm

The State Election Board recommends submitted completed forms to the board or appropriate county “immediately” after receipt.

Fair Elections Center and Campus Vote Project intend the information contained herein to be used only as a general guide. This document should not be used as a substitute for consultation with a licensed Oklahoma legal professional.

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