Okla. Admin. Code § 230:35-3-87

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 230:35-3-87 - Accumulating and verifying election results

(a)Prior to 7 p.m. election night. Prior to 7 p.m. on election night, and preferably on the day before the election, the Secretary of the County Election Board shall cause the tabulation computer to be prepared to read and tabulate election results.

(b)After 7 p.m. on election night. The Secretary shall cause the election results storage devices to be read into the tabulation computer in order to accumulate election results. The following procedure shall be observed.

(1) The election results storage devices from the voting device or devices used for in-person absentee voting and from the voting device or devices used to count mail and nursing home absentee ballots may be read into the Tally computer immediately after 7 p.m. In all counties except Oklahoma and Tulsa Counties, these absentee results must be read and tabulated before any precinct results.

(2) As voting devices are received from Inspectors as described in 230:35-3-84, the election results storage devices shall be removed from the voting device as outlined in 230:35-3-85.3, and shall be transferred to the tabulation computer. The tabulation computer operator shall read and tabulate election results storage devices as they are received. The operator should manually start and stop the tabulation process at least once every 10 minutes to ensure that all results read have been tabulated and uploaded to the State Election Board.

(3) Periodically throughout the evening, the tabulation computer operator shall print appropriate reports with current results. Copies of the updated reports shall be made available to the County Election Board members, to the news media, and other interested persons as needed.

(c)Verifying election results in MESA and on State Election Board website. After all election results storage devices have been read and tabulated, including from the voting device designated and prepared for election night recounts, the tabulation computer operator shall take the following steps.

(1) Request, print, and label final copies of all reports.

(2) Close the tabulation program and follow the appropriate software instructions to signal the State Election Board that no additional results will be received from the county on election night.

(3) Access the certification reporting system in MESA.

(A) Request and print the Election Summary Results by County report and the Precinct Report from MESA.

(B) If yours is the control (parent) county for a multi-county school district or municipality, also request and print the Election Summary Results report to include results from affected counties.

(C) Request and print the Unofficial Pre-provisional Report

(4) Access the State Election Board's election results reporting website and go the page displaying the county's results. Verify that the vote totals shown for the county on the reports printed from the tabulation computer and the results shown on the Election Summary Results by County report from MESA match the totals shown on the website.

(5) If the county is the control (parent) county for a multi-county school district or municipality, go to the multi-county results page and select the multi-county entity from the drop-down list. Verify that the results shown for the entity on the Election Summary Results report, which includes results from affected counties, match the results shown on the website. The control (parent) county does not have a report from the tabulation computer that includes results from affected counties.

(d)Friday following election. The Secretary of the County Election Board shall cause a voting device to be designated and prepared for counting provisional ballots. All provisional ballots that have been verified and approved for counting shall be counted in the presence of the members of the County Election Board on the designated voting device. When all provisional ballots have been counted, the following steps shall be performed.

(1) Close the polls on the voting device and print the Detail and Tally Report. Print additional copies of the Detail and Tally Report as instructed by the Secretary.

(2) Remove the election results storage device from the voting device as instructed in 230:35-3-85.3

(3) Read and tabulate the election results storage device in the tabulation computer as outlined in (b) of this Section.

(4) Request, print, and label all appropriate reports.

(5) Compare the results shown on the reports from the tabulation computer with the results shown on the Tally Report from the voting device used to count the provisional ballots. Verify that all vote totals match.

(6) Close the tabulation program and follow the appropriate software instructions to signal the State Election Board that the election results are complete.

(7) Access certification reporting system in MESA.

(A) Request and print the Election Summary Results by County report and the Precinct Report from MESA. Verify that vote total shown include changes resulting from the counted provisional ballots

(B) If yours is the control (parent) county for a multi-county school district or municipality, also request and print the Election Summary Results report to include complete results from affected counties.

(C) Request and print the Unofficial Post-provisional Report. Verify the vote totals shown are correct.

(D) Request and print the appropriate number of Official Certification Reports.

Okla. Admin. Code § 230:35-3-87

Amended at 9 Ok Reg 1231, eff 3-1-92 (emergency) ; Added at 9 Ok Reg 2387, eff 7-1-92 ; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2631, eff 7-1-97 ; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2427, eff 7-1-99 ; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1884, eff 7-1-05 ; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1290, eff 7-1-06 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1672, eff 7-15-13

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 24, September 3, 2019, eff. 9/16/2019