26 OK Stat § 26-13A-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-13A-109. Resolution calling for election – Legal notice.

|A. The board of education of every school district and technology center school district shall notify, by resolution, the secretary of the county election board responsible for certifying its election of any regular or special election. |B. The resolution calling for an election or elections shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following information:1. Date or dates of the election or elections;2. Identification of the office or offices to be filled, qualifications of candidates for office and the length of term of each;3. Information describing election districts within the school district, if applicable;4. Ballot titles of the question or questions to be voted upon;5. Information describing the persons eligible to vote in the election; and6. All other information necessary for conducting the election or elections.C. Resolutions calling for regular elections shall be delivered to the secretary of the county election board no fewer than fifteen (15) days preceding the first day of the filing period established in Section 13A-105 of this title. The resolution shall contain all questions to be voted upon at the election to be held on the day as required in Section 13A-103 of this title.D. Resolutions calling for special elections shall be delivered to the secretary of the county election board no fewer than sixty (60) days preceding the election. A special filing period, if necessary, shall be scheduled for three days and shall begin not more than twenty (20) days following the date the resolution is required to be submitted to the county election board.E. In addition to notifying the secretary of the county election board of the election by resolution as required in this section:1. For elections of members of the board of education of a school district, the board shall also publish a legal notice for each regular and special election in one issue of a legal newspaper of the county, as defined by Section 106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in the county wherein the school district administrative office is located at least ten (10) days prior to the filing period and shall issue a news release of the upcoming filing period and election to a newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein the school district administrative office is located. The legal notice and press release shall include, but shall not be limited to, the dates of the filing period for the election or elections and the office or offices to be filled. The notice shall also be posted at the school district administrative offices and county election board offices; and2. For elections of members of the board of education of a technology center school district, the board shall also publish a legal notice for each regular and special election in one issue of a legal newspaper of the county, as defined by Section 106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in each county wherein the school district is a member in the technology center district at least ten (10) days prior to the filing period. Additionally, the technology center school district shall issue a news release of the upcoming filing period and election to a newspaper of general circulation in each county wherein the school district is a member in the technology center district. The legal notice and press release shall include, but shall not be limited to, the dates of the filing period for the election or elections and the office or offices to be filled. The notice shall also be posted in each county at the technology center school district administrative offices, if such office exists in the county, and county election board office in each county.Added by Laws 1988, c. 296, § 9, eff. June 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 132, § 3, eff. June 1, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 247, § 20, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 31, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 369, § 8, emerg. eff. May 28, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 160, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 191, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2006; Laws 2015, c. 380, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.