2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.12. Bond election - Resolution - Notice - Conduct of election - Canvass of returns.

A. When the board of directors shall have estimated the cost of purchases and construction work, it shall call an election at which shall be submitted to the registered voters of the district, or if there are no registered voters of the district, the owners of real property in the district who are registered voters, the question of whether the bonds of the district shall be issued in the amount so determined. However, the bonds shall not be issued for more than the actual estimated cost of such purchase and construction.
B. The resolution of the board calling such election shall divide the district into voting precincts of convenient size and a map thereof shall be filed with the district secretary. The precincts so formed may be changed by the board any time thereafter, except that no change shall be made within thirty (30) days next preceding any election. The resolution shall appoint for each precinct, from the owners of real property in and residents of the district who are registered voters, or if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property in the district who are registered voters, one clerk and two judges, who shall constitute a board of election for the precinct. If the members appointed do not attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of the election, the board may appoint other owners of real property in and residents of the district who are registered voters, or if there are no residents of the district, owners of real property in the district who are registered voters, to supply the place or places of those absent. The resolution shall designate the date, hour and place in the precincts where the election will be held.
C. Notice of the election shall be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of the election, and by posting the notice in three public places in each election precinct, as established by the board of directors, for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the election.
The notice shall specify:
1. The date of the election;
2. The location of the polling places;
3. The time that the polls will open and close; and
4. The amount of bonds proposed to be issued.
D. One of the judges of each precinct shall be chairman of the election board of the precinct and may administer all oaths required in the progress of the election, and appoint another judge or clerk, if during the progress of the election any judge or clerk ceases to act.
E. At the election, the ballots shall contain the words: "Bonds - Yes", and "Bonds - No", or words equivalent thereto.
F. The election shall be held as nearly as may be in conformity with the provisions governing the election for the formation of the district. However, no county election board nor precinct election board shall be involved in conducting the election. No informalities in conducting the election shall invalidate the election if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted.
G. The board of directors shall meet as soon as practicable after the election and canvass the returns. If a majority of the ballots cast are "Bonds - Yes", the board shall cause negotiable bonds in the amount to be issued.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 218, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.