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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3154 By: West (Kevin)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 3-101, which relates to election dates;
requiring certain entities to provide written notice
to voters prior to election; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -101, is
amended to read as follow s:
Section 3-101. A. No election required to be conducted by any
county election board shall be s cheduled for a day other than
Tuesday.
B. Except as otherwi se provided by law, no regular or special
election to fill an elective office shall be held by any county,
school district, technology center school district, municipality,
fire protection distri ct or other political subdivision autho rized
to call elections except as follows:
1. The second Tuesday of February in a ny year;
2. The first Tuesday of Apr il in any year;
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3. The date of any regularly scheduled statewide state or
federal election in an even-numbered year;
4. The second Tuesday of September in an odd-numbered year;
5. The second Tuesday of November in an odd-numbered year; and
6. The second Tuesday of June of an odd -numbered year for a
special election to fill a vac ancy.
C. Except as otherwise provided by law or by Section 1 of this
act, no election for any purpose other than to fill an elective
office shall be held by any county, school d istrict, technology
center school district, municipality, fire protection district or
other political subdivision authorized to call elections except on:
1. The second Tuesday of January, February, May, June, July,
August, September, October and November and the first Tuesday in
March and April in odd-numbered years; provided, a municipality with
a population in excess of two hundred fifty thousand (250,000)
persons, according to the most recent federal decennial census , may
also hold an election on the se cond Tuesday of December in odd-
numbered years; and
2. The second Tuesday of January and February, the first
Tuesday in March and April, the last Tuesday in J une, the fourth
Tuesday in August, and the first Tuesday aft er the first Monday in
November of any even-numbered year.
D. In the event that a regular or speci al election date occurs
on an official state holiday, the election shall be scheduled for
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the next following Tuesday. In the event that any day of a
candidate filing period occurs on a Saturday , Sunday or any official
state holiday, that day of the filing period shall be scheduled for
the next business day.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any provision
of a municipal charter, any municipalit y, school district,
technology center district, county, rural fire protection district,
or any other entity seeking to hold a regular or special election to
be conducted by a county election board on the same date as a
regular or special federal or state e lection, shall file the
resolution calling for the election with the county election board
secretary no later than seventy-five (75) days prior to the election
date. A candidate filing period of three (3) days, if so required
by the resolution, shall begi n no later than ten (10) days followi ng
the deadline to file the resolution with the secretary of t he county
election board; provided, the filing period for such municipal
office may be scheduled on the same dates as the filing period for
state or federal office to be filled at such election.
F. Any school district, technology center district,
municipality, including any municipality governed by charter, rural
fire protection district or any other entity seeking to hold a
special election for the purpose o f filling a vacancy shall schedule
a candidate filing period of three (3) days to begin not more th an
twenty (20) days following the date the resolution calling the
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election is required to be file d with the secretary of the county
election board.
G. Any entity calling an election pursuant to subsection C of
this section shall provide written notice to every regis tered voter
eligible to vote in the election informing the voter of the upcoming
election. The written notice shall contain:
1. The date of the election ; and
2. The website address of the entity calling the election that
allows the voter to re view the text of the proposed ballot.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-9204 LRB 01/12/22