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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1092 By: Bush
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2011,
Section 2-111, which relates to appointment of county
election board members; making c ertain action
unlawful; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2011, Section 2 -111, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2-111. A. 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
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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 par ty 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 m aking
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 m ember 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 nominatio n 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 E lection 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
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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.
B. The sale of a recommendation by a county centr al committee
for an appointment to a county election board shall be unlawful.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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