§ 26-4-101. Persons entitled to become registered voters - Exceptions.

Every person who is a qualified elector as defined by Section 1 of Article III of the Oklahoma Constitution shall be entitled to become a registered voter in the precinct of his residence, with the following exceptions:

1.  Persons convicted of a felony shall be ineligible to register for a period of time equal to the time prescribed in the judgment and sentence.

2.  Any person who has been adjudged to be an incapacitated person as such term is defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be ineligible to register to vote.  When such incapacitated person has been adjudged to be no longer incapacitated such person shall be eligible to become a registered voter.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not prohibit any person adjudged to be a partially incapacitated person as such term is defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes from being eligible to register to vote unless the order adjudging the person to be partially incapacitated restricts such persons from being eligible to register to vote.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 75, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974.  Renumbered from § 93.31 of this title by Laws 1976, c. 90, § 10, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976.  Amended by Laws 1979, c. 240, § 11, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979; Laws 1989, c. 174, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2002, c. 447, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003.