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26 OK Stat § 26-1-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-101. General elections.

|On the first Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, 1976, and every four (4) years thereafter, a General Election shall be held, at which time electors for President and Vice President shall be elected. On said date, and every two (2) years thereafter, United States Senators and United States Representatives, whose terms expire before the next succeeding General Election, and state, district and county officers, whose terms expire before the next succeeding General Election, shall be elected. No county, municipality or school district shall schedule an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date of any such General Election. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-101, operative Jan. 1, 1975; Laws 1977, c. 134, § 1.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-102. Primary elections.

|A Primary Election shall be held on the last Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year, at which time each political party recognized by the laws of Oklahoma shall nominate its candidates for the offices to be filled at the next succeeding General Election, unless otherwise provided by law. No candidate's name shall be printed upon the General Election ballot unless such candidate shall have been nominated as herein provided, unless otherwise provided by law; provided further that this provision shall not exclude the right of a nonpartisan candidate to have his or her name printed upon the General Election ballots. No county, municipality or school district shall schedule an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date of any such primary election. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-102, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 134, § 2; Laws 2003, c. 162, § 2; Laws 2011, c. 196, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-103. Runoff primary election.

|If at any Primary Election no candidate for the nomination for office of any political party receives a majority of all votes cast for all candidates of such party for the office, no candidate shall be nominated by such party for the office, but the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at such election shall be placed on the official ballot as candidates for such nomination at a Runoff Primary Election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of August in the same year. No county, municipality or school district shall schedule an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date of any such Runoff Primary Election. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-103, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 134, § 2; Laws 2003, c. 162, § 3.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-104. Closed primaries - Independent voters.

|A. No registered voter shall be permitted to vote in any Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of any political party except the political party of which his registration form shows him to be a member, except as otherwise provided by this section. |B. 1. A recognized political party may permit registered voters designated as Independents pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-112 of this title to vote in a Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of the party.2. The state chairman of the party shall, between November 1 and 30 of every odd-numbered year, notify the Secretary of the State Election Board as to whether or not the party intends to permit registered voters designated as Independents to vote in a Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of the party. If the state chairman notifies the Secretary of the State Election Board of the party's intention to so permit, registered voters designated as Independents shall be permitted to vote in any Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of the party held in the following two (2) calendar years. If the state chairman of one party notifies the Secretary of the State Election Board of the party's intent to so permit, the notification period specified in this paragraph shall be extended to December 15 for the state chairman of any other party to so notify or to change prior notification. A registered voter designated as Independent shall not be permitted to vote in a Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of more than one party.3. Failure to so notify the Secretary of the State Election Board shall serve to prohibit registered voters designated as Independents from voting in a Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of the party.4. A group of persons seeking to form a recognized political party pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-108 of this title shall, upon filing of the petitions seeking recognition of the political party with the Secretary of the State Election Board, notify the Secretary of the State Election Board as to whether or not the party intends to permit registered voters designated as Independents to vote in a Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of the party. If the party is recognized and the group of persons seeking recognition of the party notifies the Secretary of the State Election Board of such intention, registered voters designated as Independents shall be permitted to vote in any Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of the party held prior to January 1 of the following even-numbered year.Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-104, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Amended by Laws 1987, c. 72, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-106. Determining dates.

|In determining the date of any event pertaining to elections which date is fixed by statute as occurring a certain number of days before or after an election, neither the day of the election nor the day of the event shall be counted. If the date set by law for an event pertaining to an election falls on an official holiday, the Secretary of the State Election Board shall have the authority to move the event to a preceding business day or to the next succeeding business day as appropriate for completion of the event. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-106, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 545, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-107. Recognized political parties.

|Recognized political parties shall include parties whose candidates' names appeared on the General Election ballot in 1974, and those parties which shall be formed according to law. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-107, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-108. Formation of new political parties.

|A group of persons may form a recognized political party at any time except during the period between March 1 and November 15 of any even-numbered year if the following procedure is observed: |1. Notice of intent to form a recognized political party must be filed in writing with the Secretary of the State Election Board at any time except during the period between March 1 and November 15 of any even-numbered year;2. After such notice is filed, petitions seeking recognition of a political party, in a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board, shall be filed with such Secretary, bearing the signatures of registered voters equal to at least three percent (3%) of the total votes cast in the last General Election for Governor. Each page of such petitions must contain the names of registered voters from a single county. Petitions may be circulated a maximum of one (1) year after notice is filed, provided that petitions shall be filed with the Secretary no later than March 1 of an even-numbered year. Such petitions shall not be circulated between March 1 and November 15 of any even-numbered year; and3. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of such petitions, the State Election Board shall determine the sufficiency of such petitions. If such Board determines there are a sufficient number of valid signatures of registered voters, the party becomes recognized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma with all rights and obligations accruing thereto.Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-108, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 269, § 1; Laws 2003, c. 485, § 1; Laws 2004, c. 53, § 6, emerg. eff. April 1, 2004; Laws 2011, c. 196, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2015, c. 311, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-109. Party ceases to be recognized.

|A. Any recognized political party shall continue to be a recognized political party if a candidate of that party for any statewide elected office receives at least two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the total votes cast for the office in either of the preceding two general elections. If such a political party fails to retain recognition, the party may regain recognition only by following the procedure prescribed for formation of new political parties. The State Election Board shall proclaim the fact of a party's failure to receive a sufficient number of votes and shall order that the party cease to be recognized. |B. Any recognized political party that ceases to be recognized under provisions of this section shall be designated as a political organization. Such political organization designation shall terminate four (4) years from the date that the political party ceases to be recognized or when the political organization regains recognition as a political party, whichever is earlier.Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-109, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 88, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1999; Laws 2016, c. 251, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2018, c. 189, § 1.NOTE: The effective date stated for Laws 2018, c. 189, § 1 was purportedly retroactive to Nov. 1, 2017. For that reason, it was deleted here.
26 OK Stat § 26-1-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-1-110. Changes in party affiliation.

|A. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall, within sixty (60) days after such proclamation by the State Election Board, change to Independent the party affiliation in the Oklahoma Election Management System of each registered voter of a political party which ceases to be a recognized political party. |B. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall change to Independent the party affiliation in the Oklahoma Election Management System of each registered voter of a political organization which ceases to be a political organization.Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-110, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 331, § 1, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1999, c. 88, § 2, emerg. eff. April 13, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 358, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101. State Election Board - Number of members.

|The State Election Board shall be composed of three (3) members and two (2) alternate members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Governor upon advice and consent of the Senate. An alternate shall serve on the State Election Board at any meeting that a member for whom the person is an alternate is unable to attend. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-101, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 9, § 178, emerg. eff. March 17, 1983; Laws 2011, c. 169, § 1.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.1. Appointment of members from certain political parties.

|No later than March 1, 2015, and every four (4) years thereafter, the state central committee of the political party having the largest number of registered voters, based upon the latest January 15 registration report, shall submit to the Governor a list of ten (10) nominees for membership on the State Election Board, and the state central committee of the political party having the second largest number of registered voters, based upon the latest January 15 registration report, shall submit to the Governor a list of ten (10) nominees for membership on the State Election Board. The Governor shall be confined to the lists of names submitted by each party and shall appoint two (2) members and one (1) alternate member of the State Election Board from one political party and one (1) member and one (1) alternate member of the State Election Board from the other political party. Appointments shall be made no later than March 15, 2015, and every four (4) years thereafter. Provided, for appointments to be made in 2011, such submissions shall be provided to the Governor within five (5) business days of the effective date of this act and such appointments shall be made by the Governor within ten (10) business days of the effective date of this act. |Added by Laws 1981, c. 286, § 2, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 169, § 2.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.2. Vacancy by death or resignation - Filling.

|In the event of a vacancy created by death or resignation, the Governor shall, within thirty (30) days after such vacancy occurs, appoint, upon the advice and consent of the Senate, a member of the same party to fill the unexpired term from a list of five (5) nominees submitted by the party's state central committee within fifteen (15) days after said vacancy occurs. |Laws 1981, c. 286, § 3, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.3. Failure of political parties to submit nominees.

|Should a state central committee fail to submit nominees within the period prescribed, the Governor shall make his appointment from within the ranks of said party. |Laws 1981, c. 286, § 4, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.4. Vacancy by failure to attend meetings - Filling.

|A vacancy shall occur when a member fails to attend five (5) consecutive meetings of the Board or when a member changes his party affiliation. It shall be the duty of the other two (2) members of the Board to notify the Governor and the state central committee affected should such a vacancy occur. Said vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided. |Laws 1981, c. 286, § 5, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.5. Chairman and Vice Chairman of State Election Board to continue as members - Appointment of third member.

|The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the State Election Board on the effective date of this act shall continue to serve as members of the State Election Board representing their respective political parties until their successors are appointed and qualified. Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act, the Governor shall appoint the third member of the State Election Board in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies. |Laws 1981, c. 286, § 6, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.6. Secretary for State Election Board - Salary.

|The Secretary of the Senate shall serve as Secretary of the State Election Board at a salary established annually by the Legislature. However, the Secretary shall not be a member of the State Election Board. |Laws 1981, c. 286, § 7, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.7. Election of officers - Terms.

|On the first Monday in April, 1983, and every four (4) years thereafter, the State Election Board shall meet upon the call of the Secretary to elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman. Terms of the Chairman, Vice Chairman and member shall begin at that time. |Laws 1981, c. 286, § 8, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-101.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-101.9. Travel and expense.

|Members of the State Election Board shall be paid Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per diem for each meeting for the purpose of conducting hearings required by law, and Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) per diem for other meetings, and shall be allowed mileage reimbursement at the rate provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 247, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-106. State Election Board duties.

|The State Election Board shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-106, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-107. Secretary's duties.

|The Secretary of the State Election Board shall be the administrative officer of the State Election Board and shall have general supervisory authority over county election boards and shall have the authority to provide administrative supervision to any county election board, as well as the authority to stand in the place of the secretary of the county election board for the purpose of employing county election board personnel when a vacancy exists in the office of the secretary of the county election board. The Secretary shall have the authority to employ and fix the salaries and duties of such personnel as may be necessary to perform the duties of the State Election Board. The Secretary may promulgate, repeal or modify such rules or regulations as the Secretary deems necessary to facilitate and assist in achieving and maintaining uniformity in the application, operation and interpretation of the state and federal election laws and a maximum degree of correctness, impartiality and efficiency in administration of the election laws; provided, however, that such rules or regulations, to be binding and effective, must have been officially adopted by the Secretary of the State Election Board; the procedure and adoption of such rules and regulations shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act. The Secretary shall promote and encourage voter registration and voter participation in elections. The Secretary shall be the chief state election official responsible for coordination of state responsibilities under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. The Secretary shall have the authority to implement programs for confirmation of voter registration and for removal of ineligible voters in compliance with general Oklahoma election law and requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-107, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 240, § 2, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979; Laws 1992, c. 247, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 260, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Laws 2003, c. 485, § 2; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-107.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-107.1. Contracts for inspections, training and other functions.

|The Secretary of the State Election Board is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the secretary, assistant secretary, chief clerk or other personnel of a county election board, or other persons with similar qualifications, for such purposes as conducting inspections of county election boards, training and other functions which he deems necessary. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 270, § 3, operative July 1, 1986.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-108. Offices of State Election Board.

|The State Election Board shall maintain an office or offices continuously in the seat of government. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-108, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-109. Maintenance of records - Records public.

|The Secretary of the State Election Board shall maintain the records of the office, and such records shall be open for public inspection during regular office hours unless otherwise provided by law. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-109, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-110. County election boards - Number of members.

|A county election board shall be appointed in each of the seventy-seven counties of Oklahoma and shall be composed of three (3) members. |Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-110, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-111. Appointment of members and alternates - Terms - Parties to submit nominations - Vacancies.

|The State Election Board shall appoint two members of each county election board, and two alternates, to serve terms of four (4) years each. No later than April 15, 1975, and every four (4) years thereafter, the county central committees of the two political parties with the largest number of registered voters in the state, based upon the latest January 15 registration report, shall each submit to the State Election Board a nominee for membership on the county election board and a nominee to serve as the alternate. The nominations must be submitted in writing and signed by at least two members of each county central committee. If the county central committee for a party in a county fails to submit a nominee or if there is no county central committee for a party in a county, the state central committee for the party may submit to the State Election Board a nominee for membership on the county election board and a nominee to serve as the alternate. The State Election Board shall be confined to the nominees in making appointments, one from each party, to the county election board and one from each party to serve as the alternate. The appointments shall be made no later than May 1, 1975, and every four (4) years thereafter. If a county or state central committee fails to submit nominees by April 15, the State Election Board shall appoint a member and alternate to the county election board from the ranks of such party within the county. Alternates shall serve on the county election board at any meeting that the member for whom the person is an alternate is unable to attend. In the event of a vacancy, the State Election Board shall, within sixty (60) days after such vacancy occurs, appoint a member of the same party to fill the unexpired term, based on a nomination submitted by the party's county central committee in the manner hereinbefore provided within thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs. Should a county or state central committee fail to submit a nominee within the prescribed period of time, the State Election Board shall appoint a member of the county election board from the ranks of the party within the county. Vacancies shall occur when a member fails to attend five consecutive meetings of the board or when a member changes the member’s party affiliation. It shall be the duty of the other two members of the board to notify the Secretary of the State Election Board should a vacancy occur. A vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-111, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 316, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2000, c. 358, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2010, c. 189, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
26 OK Stat § 26-2-111.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 26. Elections|§26-2-111.1. Secretaries of county election boards - Appointment - Terms.

|The State Election Board shall appoint the secretary of each county election board for a term of two (2) years beginning May 1, 1983, and every two (2) years thereafter; provided, beginning May 1, 2019, the State Election Board shall appoint the secretary of each county election board for a term of four (4) years beginning May 1, 2019, and every (4) years thereafter. |Added by Laws 1981, c. 329, § 8, emerg. eff. June 30, 1981. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 169, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.