Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 230 - State Election Board › Chapter 20 - Candidate Filing › Subchapter 3 - Filing Candidacy For Federal, State, COUNTY, And Other Elective Office › Part 7 - State And County Election Board Procedures For Receiving, Reviewing, And Accepting Declarations of Candidacy › Section 230:20-3-37 - Receiving, reviewing, and accepting Declarations of Candidacy

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Secretary
				  of the Election Board or a designee of the Secretary shall scrutinize all
				  information included on each page of the Declaration of Candidacy .
				  Specifically, the Secretary or designee shall confirm the following facts
				  regarding the Declaration:
(1) Determine
				  whether the person who brings a Declaration of Candidacy to file is the
				  candidate in person or an agent acting on behalf of the candidate. If the
				  Declaration of Candidacy is brought in by an agent, check the NIP box ("not in
				  person") at the bottom left of the Candidate Information and Oath page. Also
				  check the NIP box if a Declaration of Candidacy is received by mail.
(2) Verify that all required pages of the
				  Declaration of Candidacy are present. All candidates are required to file the
				  Candidate Information and Oath page and the appropriate Candidate
				  Qualifications page for the office sought. A candidate who checks YES to either
				  question in the Criminal Disclosure section of the Candidate Information and
				  Oath page is required to complete and file the Criminal History Disclosure
				  form.
(3) Verify that the
				  candidate's signature on the Candidate Information and Oath page is notarized
				  or witnessed by an appropriate authority. Check to see that both the Notary
				  Public's signature and an impression of the Notary's seal are present on the
				  Candidate Information and Oath page. See
				  230:20-3-35.
(4) If the candidate presents a petition in
				  support of the Declaration of Candidacy, verify that it contains, at minimum,
				  the number of signatures required for the office sought. See
				  230:20-3-33.
(A) Count the total number of signatures on
				  the petition.
(B) Check the PET box
				  at the bottom right of the Candidate Information and Oath page and record the
				  total number of submitted signatures in the space provided.
(5) If the candidate presents a cashier's
				  check or certified check, verify that the check is in the proper amount for the
				  office sought and is in the proper form. See
				  230:20-3-33.
(6) After verifying that the Declaration of
				  Candidacy presented includes all necessary pages and supporting items, the
				  Secretary or Secretary's designee shall read aloud the information entered on
				  each line of the Candidate Information and Oath page to the candidate to give
				  the candidate opportunity to verify that it is correct.
(A) Read the candidate's name as it appears
				  on the first line and verify that is the way the candidate intends his or her
				  name to be printed on the ballot. Spell the candidate's name aloud.
(B) Read the candidate's full legal
				  name.
(C) Read the title of the
				  office for which the candidate is filing, including the district number, if
				  applicable.
(D) Read the
				  candidate's residence address, including the ZIP code.
(E) Read the candidate's mailing address,
				  including the ZIP code.
(F) Read
				  the candidate's precinct number and county name.
(G) Indicate aloud whether the candidate
				  checked Yes or No in the Criminal Disclosure section. If the candidate checked
				  Yes, verify that the Criminal History Disclosure form is included, completed
				  and signed by the candidate.
(H)
				  Verify that the appropriate Candidate Qualifications page for the office sought
				  is included and signed.