A. The Secretary of State shall make or cause to be made a verification and count of the number of signatures on the petitions. In making such count, the Secretary of State shall not include in such total count:
1. All signatures on any sheet of any petition which is not verified by the person who circulated the sheet of the petition as provided in Section 6 of this title;
2. All signatures of nonresidents;
3. All signatures on a sheet that is not attached to a copy of the petition pamphlet;
4. All multiple signatures on any printed signature line;
5. All signatures not on a printed signature line;
6. Those signatures by a person who signs with any name other than his or her own or signs more than once;
7. All signatures on any sheet on which a notary has failed to sign, the seal of the notary is absent, the commission of the notary has expired or the expiration date is not on the signature sheet; and
8. Any signatures that cannot be verified by the Secretary of State with the Oklahoma State Election Board's public voter registration records.
B. The Secretary of State shall notify the Attorney General of any and all violations of this title of which he or she has knowledge.
C. The Secretary of State may purchase any tangible or intangible assets, including, but not limited to, software, necessary to carry out his or her duties pursuant to this section. Such purchases shall be exempt from the requirements of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act.
Added by Laws 1969, c. 206, § 3, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 30, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 1976; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2020, c. 125, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.