A. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to promulgate rules to keep confidential the residence and mailing address, upon application to do so, of individual registered voters who are members of certain classes. These classes shall be limited to the judiciary, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, Uniformed Services members, law enforcement personnel and the immediate family of law enforcement personnel, correctional officers, persons who are protected by victim's protection orders, the spouses and dependents of the members of such classes, and persons who are certified by the Secretary of State as participants in the Address Confidentiality Program established by Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such address information shall be provided to a candidate or candidate representative or other lawful authority in anticipation or as part of a contest of candidacy or contest of an election as provided for in this title or as part of a petition challenge as provided by law. However, no information concerning the address of a certified Address Confidentiality Program participant shall be released by election officials to any person for any purpose except under court order.
B. As used in this section, "immediate family of law enforcement personnel" means a spouse, child by birth or adoption, stepchild or parent living at the same residence as the law enforcement personnel.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 447, § 5, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 485, § 6; Laws 2016, c. 152, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2018, c. 15, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.