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11 OK Stat § 11-15-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-15-108. Consideration of initiative petitions by governing body - Submission to voters.

|When an initiative petition demands the enactment of an ordinance or resolution, the mayor shall present the petition to the municipal legislative body at its next meeting. If the petition is not granted more than thirty (30) days before the next general municipal election or biennial or special town meeting if the municipality is subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act, the mayor shall submit the ordinance or act so petitioned to the registered voters of the municipality at the next general municipal election or biennial town meeting, whichever is appropriate. |Amended by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-15-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-15-109. Time for submission of measures to voters.

|Whenever a referendum is demanded against any measure passed by the municipal governing body, or whenever an initiative petition demands an amendment to the municipal charter, the question shall be submitted to the registered voters of the municipality for their approval or rejection at a special election called by the municipal governing body for that purpose or at the next general election, general municipal election or biennial or special town meeting if the municipality is subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1995, c. 3, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
11 OK Stat § 11-15-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-15-110. Conflicting measures proposed by governing body.

|Along with each initiative measure the municipal governing body may submit a competing bill or resolution. If conflicting ordinances or charter amendments are submitted to the registered voters, and two or more of such conflicting measures are approved by the registered voters, then the measure which receives the greatest number of affirmative votes shall be paramount in all particulars as to which there is a conflict, even though such measure may not have received the greatest majority. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-101. Notice of municipal elections.

|The governing body of a municipality shall give notice of a general municipal election or a special election by publishing the resolution calling for the election. The resolution shall: contain the facts described in Section 13-102 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |The resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least ten (10) days before the beginning of the filing period for a general municipal election, or at least ten (10) days before the date of a special election. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the notice shall be given by posting a copy of the resolution in at least five (5) public places in the municipality.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-101, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 545, § 24, eff. July 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-102. Provisions not applicable to municipalities governed by charter or subject to Oklahoma Town Meeting Act - Exception - Choice of election procedure - Residency requirements.

|A. The provisions of Section 16-101 et seq. of this title shall not apply to any municipality which is governed by charter; provided, that elections for such municipalities which shall be conducted by the county election board shall be scheduled only on an election date identified by subsection B of Section 3-101 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. However, such a municipality may, by indicating in its resolution calling an election, choose to follow any provision of state law governing elections conducted by a county election board when the municipality's charter or ordinances are silent on the matter addressed by such provision. In such instance, if the municipal election or any substantial portion thereof is not conducted by a county election board, the duties required of the county election board or its secretary shall be performed by the municipal authority designated by the municipal governing body and nothing herein shall be construed to require the county election board to perform any such duties. The residency requirements of Sections 16-109 and 16-110 of this title shall apply to all municipalities except to the extent that such residency requirements are governed by municipal charter. |B. The provisions of Sections 16-101 through 16-114 of this title shall not apply to any municipality subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act; provided, Section 16-103.1 of this title shall apply to such municipalities.C. In the event that a municipality governed by charter schedules a regular or special election for a municipal office on the same date as an election involving state or federal offices, the provisions of subsection D of Section 3-101 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall apply.D. After January 1, 2016, no county election board shall be required to conduct a regular or special election for any elective municipal office in any municipality governed by charter unless the resolution calling the election shall set a candidate filing period of three (3) days to begin not more than twenty (20) days from the date the resolution is required to be submitted to the county election board. In no case shall a resolution calling a regular or special election be submitted to the county election board less than sixty (60) days preceding the election date.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-102, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 75, § 1, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 105, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 25, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2011, c. 196, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2015, c. 219, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-103. General municipal elections - When held.

|General municipal elections shall be held in cities and towns on the first Tuesday in April in each odd-numbered year. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-103.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-103.1. Withholding certain monies from city or town that fails to hold municipal election or biennial town meeting.

|No monies shall be distributed pursuant to Section 1104 of Title 47 and Section 504 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes to any incorporated city or town which has failed to hold a general or special municipal election to elect officers as provided in Section 16-101 et seq. of this title or a biennial town meeting as provided by the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act, on the dates required by law for four (4) or more years, if a general or special municipal election, or for two consecutive biennial town meetings. Such monies shall be remitted to the county in which the incorporated city or town is located and deposited to the county highway fund of that county to be used as otherwise provided by law. An incorporated city or town shall henceforth send the county treasurer of the county in which it is located a copy of the municipality's notice of a biennial town meeting or resolution calling for its regular municipal elections, whichever is appropriate. The copy of the resolution shall include a notation by the county election board showing that the resolution was received and the date it was received. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 30, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 75, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 105, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 152, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2018, c. 66, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-104. Conduct of general municipal elections.

|The laws applicable to general elections shall govern general municipal elections except as otherwise provided. Municipal elected officials, including those from wards as well as at large, shall be elected at large by the registered voters of the entire municipality. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-105. What candidate's name may be placed on general election ballot.

|No candidate's name shall be printed upon the official ballot for a general municipal election unless such candidate shall have been nominated by some political party at the primary election or unless his name is presented as an independent candidate as provided in Section 16-110 of this title. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-105.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-105.1. Elections to be nonpartisan - Primary elections in nonpartisan elections abolished.

|Municipal elections shall be nonpartisan and all candidates shall file as independent candidates unless, prior to the date for notifying the county election board of the call for the election, the municipality has in effect an ordinance providing for a partisan primary election consistent with Section 16-101 et seq. of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. No primary elections shall be held in a nonpartisan election. Any election proclamation or notice of election providing for a primary election shall be deemed to be amended by operation of this act to delete the call for a primary election unless a copy of the ordinance authorizing the primary election is attached to the election resolution filed with the county election board. If such a copy is not attached, each candidate shall appear on the ballot as an independent candidate without party or other designation. Provided, any municipality which is governed by a charter may provide otherwise by charter or ordinance. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 75, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-106. Unopposed candidates in general election.

|Any candidate who is unopposed for an office in a general municipal election shall be deemed elected and certified; and his name shall not appear on the general election ballot. If there is only one candidate for each of the offices which are to be filled at the election, and no questions are to be voted upon at the election, the general municipal election shall not be held. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-107. Primary elections - When held.

|A primary election shall be held in cities and towns on the second Tuesday of February in each odd-numbered year, at which time the several political parties shall nominate candidates for offices which are to be elected at the upcoming general municipal election. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-107, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 292, § 1; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 26, eff. July 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-108. Conduct of primary elections.

|The general laws relating to primary elections shall govern partisan municipal primaries except as otherwise provided. Party candidates for municipal office, including those from wards as well as at large, shall be nominated at large by the registered voters of the respective parties of the entire municipality. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-108, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 545, § 27, eff. July 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-109. Eligibility and manner of becoming party candidate.

|To be eligible to become a candidate for a political party nomination in a municipality’s partisan primary election, or an independent candidate in such municipality’s general election, a person must for at least six (6) months prior to filing a declaration of candidacy be a registered voter at an address within the municipality or in the ward if an office is from a ward. To become a candidate, a declaration of candidacy must be filed with the county election board no earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the first Monday in December and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the next succeeding Wednesday. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 292, § 2; Laws 1987, c. 75, § 4, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 28, eff. July 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-110. Nonpartisan candidates.

|A candidate may have his or her name printed upon the nonpartisan general municipal election ballot as candidate for any office to be filled at the election. To become a candidate, a declaration of candidacy must be filed with the county election board no earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the first Monday in February and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the next succeeding Wednesday. A candidate must also be a registered voter at an address within the municipality, or of the ward where the office is from a ward for at least six (6) months prior to filing a declaration of candidacy. Filing as a candidate in a nonpartisan municipal election or voting for such candidate shall not affect one’s party affiliation or regularity. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-110, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 292, § 3; Laws 1987, c. 75, § 5, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 29, eff. July 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-111. Unopposed candidates in primary election.

|Any candidate who is unopposed for an office in a partisan primary election shall be deemed nominated and so certified; and his or her name shall not appear on the primary election ballot. If there are unopposed candidates for each of the offices which are up for election, no primary election shall be held. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-111, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 545, § 30, eff. July 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-112. Special elections - Questions which may be submitted.

|When the municipal governing body shall deem it advisable, it may, by resolution or ordinance, authorize the mayor to call a special election on a date established in Section 3-101 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the municipality the question of issuing municipal bonds, of granting any franchise, or for any other purpose authorized by law. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-112, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 380, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-113. Special election ballot - Preparation and arrangement.

|The ballot for a special election shall be prepared by the secretary of the county election board and shall set forth the proposition or propositions to be voted upon, and if more than one proposition is submitted, they shall be arranged so that each proposition may be voted upon separately. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-113, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-114. Conduct of special elections held for electing officers.

|A. When the office of a municipal elected official is to be filled at a special partisan election, the resolution or order of the governing body calling the election shall contain the following facts: |1. A filing period of three (3) days which shall begin not more than twenty (20) days from the date the resolution or order is required to be filed with the county election board;2. The date of the special primary election, not less than forty-five (45) days after the close of the filing period; and3. The date of the special general election, not less than forty-five (45) days after the date of the primary election. A copy of the resolution or order shall be filed with the secretary of the county election board not less than sixty (60) days preceding the date of the special primary election. The election shall be conducted under the laws applicable to general municipal elections.B. When the office of a municipal elected official is to be filled at a special nonpartisan election, the resolution or order of the governing body calling the election shall contain the following facts:1. A filing period of three (3) days which shall begin not more than twenty (20) days from the date the resolution or order is required to be filed with the county election board;2. The date of the special general election, not less than forty-five (45) days after the close of the filing period. A copy of the resolution or order shall be filed with the secretary of the county election board not less than sixty (60) days preceding the date of the special general election.C. Special municipal elections may be called only on dates established by subsection B of Section 3-101 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-114, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 292, § 4; Laws 1987, c. 75, § 6, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 31, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2015, c. 219, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-201. Aldermanic cities with one councilmember per ward - Officers to be elected - Terms.

|In a statutory aldermanic city with one (1) councilmember per ward, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: |1. Councilmembers from odd-numbered wards;2. The mayor;3. The clerk;4. The marshal; and5. The street commissioner.At the next general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms:1. Councilmembers from even-numbered wards; and2. The treasurer.If the office of treasurer has been consolidated with any other office, elections for the office of treasurer and the office with which it has been consolidated shall be held at the time the election to fill the other office is held. The term of the consolidated office shall be concurrent with the term of the other office.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-201, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-202. First election held in aldermanic cities with one councilmember per ward.

|At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the aldermanic form of government with one (1) councilmember per ward, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: |1. Four-year terms: Councilmembers from odd-numbered wards; the mayor; the clerk; the marshal; and the street commissioner.2. Two-year terms: Councilmembers from even-numbered wards; and the treasurer.At general municipal elections held thereafter, the successors of the officers whose terms are expiring shall be elected for four-year terms.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-202, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-203 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-203. Aldermanic cities with two councilmembers per ward - Officers to be elected - Terms.

|In a statutory aldermanic city with two councilmembers per ward, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: |1. One (1) councilmember from each ward of the city;2. The mayor;3. The clerk;4. The marshal; and5. The street commissioner.At the next general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms:1. One councilmember from each ward of the city; and2. The treasurer.If the office of treasurer has been consolidated with any other office, elections for the office of treasurer and the office with which it has been consolidated shall be held at the time the election to fill the other office is held. The term of the consolidated office shall be concurrent with the term of the other office.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-203, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-204. First election held in aldermanic cities with two councilmembers per ward – Terms of office.

|A. At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the aldermanic form of government with two councilmembers per ward, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: |1. Four-year terms: One councilmember from each ward of the city; the mayor; the clerk; the marshal; and the street commissioner.2. Two-year terms: One councilmember from each ward of the city; and the treasurer.At general municipal elections held thereafter, the successors of the officers whose terms are expiring shall be elected for four-year terms.B. The governing body of a municipality with an aldermanic form of government shall provide that the office of the clerk, at the next election after the effective date of this act, be elected to one six-year term followed by four-year terms thereafter, if the clerk and the mayor are currently on the same election cycle.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-204, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 97, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-205. Towns - Officers to be elected - Terms.

|In a statutory town, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: |1. Trustees from odd-numbered wards; and2. The clerk.At the next general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms:1. Trustees from even-numbered wards; and2. The treasurer.If the office of treasurer has been consolidated with any other office, elections for the office of treasurer and the office with which it has been consolidated shall be held at the time the election to fill the other office is held. The term of the consolidated office shall be concurrent with the term of the other office.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-205, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-206. First election held in town.

|At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the town board of trustees form of government, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: |1. Four-year terms: Trustees from odd-numbered wards; and the clerk.2. Two-year terms: Trustees from even-numbered wards; and the treasurer.At general municipal elections held thereafter, the successors of the officers whose terms are expiring shall be elected for four-year terms.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-206, eff. July 1, 1978.