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53 | 53 | | STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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55 | 55 | | 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) |
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57 | 57 | | SENATE BILL 1754 By: Paxton |
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63 | 63 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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65 | 65 | | An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 20 21, |
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66 | 66 | | Sections 1-102, 1-104, 1-105, 5-110, 6-103, 6-106, 6- |
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67 | 67 | | 109, 6-111, 6-116, and 8-101, which relate to |
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68 | 68 | | election procedures; changing date of Primary |
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69 | 69 | | Election; modifying circumstances under which Primary |
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70 | 70 | | Election held; providing for placement of names of |
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71 | 71 | | all qualifying candidates on Primary El ection ballot; |
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72 | 72 | | specifying names to be placed on General Election |
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73 | 73 | | ballot; allowing any registered voter to vote in |
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74 | 74 | | Primary Election; deleting references to Runoff |
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75 | 75 | | Primary Election; modifying procedure for substitute |
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76 | 76 | | candidate; changing dates of candidate fi ling period; |
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77 | 77 | | specifying information to be printed on ballot; |
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78 | 78 | | providing for certification of candidates ; repealing |
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79 | 79 | | 26 O.S. 2021, Sections 1-103, 5-116, 6-108 and 6-110, |
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80 | 80 | | which relate to Runoff Primary Elections; and |
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81 | 81 | | providing an effective date . |
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85 | 85 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : |
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86 | 86 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 2 6 O.S. 2021, Section 1-102, is |
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87 | 87 | | amended to read as follows: |
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88 | 88 | | Section 1-102. A Primary Election shall be held on the last |
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89 | 89 | | fourth Tuesday in June August of each even-numbered year if more |
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90 | 90 | | than two candidates have filed for and qualified to have their names |
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91 | 91 | | printed on the ballot for any office , at which time each political |
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92 | 92 | | party recognized by the laws of Oklahoma shall nominate its |
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144 | 144 | | candidates for the offices to be filled at the next succeeding |
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145 | 145 | | General Election, unless otherwise provided by law. No candidate 's |
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146 | 146 | | name shall be printed upon the General Election ballot unless such |
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147 | 147 | | candidate shall have been nominated as herein provided, unless |
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148 | 148 | | otherwise provided by law ; provided further that this provision |
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149 | 149 | | shall not exclude the right of a nonpartisan candidate to have his |
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150 | 150 | | or her name printed upon the General Election ballots the names of |
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151 | 151 | | all such candidates shall be put before the voters on a single |
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152 | 152 | | ballot, regardless o f party affiliation or status as a nonpartisan |
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153 | 153 | | candidate. If no candidate receives more than fifty p ercent (50%) |
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154 | 154 | | of the votes cast, t he names of the two candidates receiving the |
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155 | 155 | | highest number of votes shall be placed on the General Election |
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156 | 156 | | ballot. No county, municipality or school district shall sched ule |
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157 | 157 | | an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately |
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158 | 158 | | preceding the date of any such primary election. |
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159 | 159 | | SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 20 21, Section 1-104, is |
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160 | 160 | | amended to read as follows: |
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161 | 161 | | Section 1-104. A. No Any registered voter shall be permitted |
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162 | 162 | | to vote in any Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of any |
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163 | 163 | | political party except the political party of which his registration |
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164 | 164 | | form shows him to be a member, except a s otherwise provided by this |
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165 | 165 | | section. |
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166 | 166 | | B. 1. A recognized political party may permit registered |
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167 | 167 | | voters designated as Independents pursuant to the provisions of |
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219 | 219 | | Section 4-112 of this title to vote in a Primary Election or Runoff |
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220 | 220 | | Primary Election of the par ty. |
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221 | 221 | | 2. The state chairman of the party shall, bet ween November 1 |
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222 | 222 | | and 30 of every odd-numbered year, notify the Secretary of the State |
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223 | 223 | | Election Board as to whether or not the party intends to permit |
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224 | 224 | | registered voters designated as Independents to vote in a Primary |
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225 | 225 | | Election or Runoff Primary Election of th e party. If the state |
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226 | 226 | | chairman notifies the Secret ary of the State Election Board of the |
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227 | 227 | | party's intention to so permit, registered voters designated as |
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228 | 228 | | Independents shall be permitted to vote in any Prima ry Election or |
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229 | 229 | | Runoff Primary Election of the part y held in the following two (2) |
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230 | 230 | | calendar years. If the state chairman of one party notifies the |
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231 | 231 | | Secretary of the State Election Board of the party 's intent to so |
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232 | 232 | | permit, the notification period specified i n this paragraph shall be |
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233 | 233 | | extended to December 15 for the state chairman of any other party to |
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234 | 234 | | so notify or to change prior notification. A registered voter |
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235 | 235 | | designated as Independent shall not be permitted to vote in a |
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236 | 236 | | Primary Election or Runoff Primary E lection of more than one party. |
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237 | 237 | | 3. Failure to so notify the Secretary of the State Election |
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238 | 238 | | Board shall serve to prohibit registered voters designated as |
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239 | 239 | | Independents from voting in a Primary Election or Runoff Primary |
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240 | 240 | | Election of the party. |
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241 | 241 | | 4. A group of persons seeking to form a recognized political |
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242 | 242 | | party pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 -108 of this title |
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294 | 294 | | shall, upon filing of the petitions seeking recognition of the |
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295 | 295 | | political party with the Secretary of the State Election Board, |
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296 | 296 | | notify the Secretary of the State Election Board as to whether or |
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297 | 297 | | not the party intends to permit registered voters d esignated as |
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298 | 298 | | Independents to vote in a Primary Election or Runoff Primary |
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299 | 299 | | Election of the party. If the party is recognized and the group of |
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300 | 300 | | persons seeking recognition of the party notifies the Secretary of |
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301 | 301 | | the State Election Board of such intention, reg istered voters |
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302 | 302 | | designated as Independents shall be permitted to vote in any Primary |
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303 | 303 | | Election or Runoff Primary Election of the party held prior to |
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304 | 304 | | January 1 of the following even -numbered year. |
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305 | 305 | | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -105, is |
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306 | 306 | | amended to read as follows: |
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307 | 307 | | Section 1-105. A. In the event of the death of a political |
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308 | 308 | | party's nominee for office prior to the date of the General |
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309 | 309 | | Election, or in the event that a decea sed person receives a |
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310 | 310 | | political party's nomination for office, a substitute candidate will |
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311 | 311 | | be permitted to have his or her name placed on the General Election |
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312 | 312 | | ballot as follows: |
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313 | 313 | | 1. If the nominee was a can didate for county office, the |
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314 | 314 | | political party's ce ntral committee of the county shall notify the |
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315 | 315 | | secretary of the county election board of the name of an alternative |
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316 | 316 | | candidate to be placed on the General Election ba llot. Such notice |
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317 | 317 | | shall be submitted in writing, within fifteen (15) days after the |
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369 | 369 | | death has occurred, but not later than five o'clock p.m. on the |
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370 | 370 | | Friday following the date of the Runoff Primary Election, and shall |
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371 | 371 | | be signed by at least two duly authoriz ed members of the political |
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372 | 372 | | party's county central committee. If a political party's centr al |
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373 | 373 | | committee fails to submit the notice in the manner described, then a |
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374 | 374 | | nominee for that party shall not appear on the ballot for that |
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375 | 375 | | office; |
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376 | 376 | | 2. If the nominee was a candidate who filed a Declaration of |
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377 | 377 | | Candidacy with the State Election Board, the state central committee |
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378 | 378 | | of the party affected shall notify the Secretary of the State |
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379 | 379 | | Election Board of the name of an alternative candidate to be placed |
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380 | 380 | | on the General Election ballot. Such notice shall be subm itted in |
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381 | 381 | | writing, within fifteen (15) days after t he death has occurred, but |
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382 | 382 | | not later than five o'clock p.m. on the Friday following the date of |
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383 | 383 | | the Runoff Primary Election, and shall be signed by at least two |
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384 | 384 | | duly authorized members of the political part y's state central |
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385 | 385 | | committee. If a political party 's central committee fails to submit |
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386 | 386 | | the notice in the manner described, then a nominee for that party |
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387 | 387 | | shall not appear on the ballot for that office; and |
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388 | 388 | | 3. Provided, if the death of a political party's nominee for |
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389 | 389 | | an office described in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection should |
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390 | 390 | | occur after the Friday following the date of the Runoff Primary |
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391 | 391 | | Election, then the election shall proceed with the deceased |
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392 | 392 | | candidate's name printed on the ballot the candidate receiving the |
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444 | 444 | | next highest number of votes at the P rimary Election shall be |
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445 | 445 | | designated as a substitute candidate and will be permitted to have |
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446 | 446 | | his or her name placed on the General Election ballot as provided in |
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447 | 447 | | this section if the death occurs on or after September 1 immediately |
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448 | 448 | | preceding the General Elec tion. |
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449 | 449 | | B. In the event of the death of an independent candidate for an |
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450 | 450 | | office described in paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection A of this |
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451 | 451 | | section, the following procedure shall apply: |
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452 | 452 | | 1. If the death occurs on o r prior to the Friday following the |
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453 | 453 | | date of the Runoff Primary Election, the candidate's name shall not |
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454 | 454 | | be printed on the ballot; and |
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455 | 455 | | 2. If the death occurs after the Friday following the date of |
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456 | 456 | | the Runoff Primary Election, the candidate's name shall be printed |
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457 | 457 | | on the ballot. |
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458 | 458 | | C. In the event a deceased candidate is certified by the |
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459 | 459 | | appropriate Election Board as having won an election, a vacancy in |
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460 | 460 | | the office shall occur upon the date the candidate would have take n |
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461 | 461 | | office, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed by |
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462 | 462 | | law. |
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463 | 463 | | D. C. In the event of the death of a candidate who was |
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464 | 464 | | unopposed for election, a Special Election shall be called by the |
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465 | 465 | | Governor. The Special Election shall be conducted accordi ng to the |
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466 | 466 | | laws governing such elections, Se ction 12-101 et seq. of this title. |
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518 | 518 | | SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 20 21, Section 5-110, is |
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519 | 519 | | amended to read as follows: |
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520 | 520 | | Section 5-110. Declarations of Candidacy provided herein must |
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521 | 521 | | be filed with the secretary of the appropriate el ection board no |
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522 | 522 | | earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of April first Monday |
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523 | 523 | | of June of any even-numbered year and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the |
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524 | 524 | | next succeeding Friday Wednesday. Such Declarations of Candidacy |
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525 | 525 | | may be transmitted by United States mail, but in no event shall the |
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526 | 526 | | secretary of any election board accept such Declarations after the |
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527 | 527 | | time prescribed by law. |
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528 | 528 | | SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 20 21, Section 6-103, is |
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529 | 529 | | amended to read as follows: |
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530 | 530 | | Section 6-103. The State Election Board shall cause ballots to |
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531 | 531 | | be printed for statewide Primary , Runoff Primary, and General |
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532 | 532 | | Elections and special elections at such time as to insure delivery |
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533 | 533 | | of said ballots to the several county election boards for |
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534 | 534 | | distribution to the several pr ecinct election boards prior to |
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535 | 535 | | election day. Said board The Board shall cause ballots to be |
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536 | 536 | | printed for the following offices: Electors for President and Vice |
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537 | 537 | | President;, United States Senators ;, United States Representatives ;, |
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538 | 538 | | state officers;, Justices of the Supreme Court ;, Judges of the Court |
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539 | 539 | | of Criminal Appeals;, Judges of the Court of Appeals ;, district |
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540 | 540 | | judges and associate district judges ;, State Senators;, State |
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541 | 541 | | Representatives;, district attorneys;, county officers, and such |
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593 | 593 | | other officers as req uired by law, in the order they appear in the |
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594 | 594 | | statutes, and shall cause ballots to be printed for state qu estions. |
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595 | 595 | | SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 20 21, Section 6-106, is |
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597 | 597 | | Section 6-106. The official ballot for the General Election |
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598 | 598 | | shall be printed so th at the nominees of the various political |
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599 | 599 | | parties and nonpartisan candidates will appear in order as |
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600 | 600 | | determined according to this section. For partisan offices, if a |
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601 | 601 | | candidate has indicated a party affiliat ion on the declaration of |
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602 | 602 | | candidacy, that affiliat ion will be shown after the name of the |
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603 | 603 | | candidate on the Primary and General Election ballots. For each |
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604 | 604 | | section of the ballot for which there are partisan candidates, the |
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605 | 605 | | candidates of the recognized parti es shall be printed first in lot |
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606 | 606 | | order followed by candidates of unrecognized parties in lot order |
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607 | 607 | | followed by independent candidates in lot order. Candidates of |
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608 | 608 | | recognized and unrecognized parties shall be printed in the lot |
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609 | 609 | | order of their respective par ty. Each political party shall have |
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610 | 610 | | the right to select an emblem to be used in designating its |
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611 | 611 | | candidates on the ballot; provided, however, that no party shall be |
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612 | 612 | | allowed to use the coat of arms or seal of Oklahoma or of the United |
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613 | 613 | | States, or the respect ive flags thereof. Until changed by |
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614 | 614 | | resolution of a political party, in state convention, the emblem of |
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615 | 615 | | the Democratic party shall be a rooster and that of the Republican |
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616 | 616 | | party an eagle. Change in a party emblem shall be authorized by the |
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668 | 668 | | Secretary of the State Election Board only after receipt of writt en |
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669 | 669 | | notice of the change by the Secretary from the state central |
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670 | 670 | | committee of a party. At the top of each ballot on which there are |
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671 | 671 | | partisan candidates shall appear the name of each recognized party |
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672 | 672 | | with the emblem of the party in lot order as prescribed b y the |
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673 | 673 | | Secretary of the State Election Board. The name o f the office |
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674 | 674 | | entitled to the first place, preceded by the word "for", shall |
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675 | 675 | | appear in bold type, as "For Governor". Immediately after same |
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676 | 676 | | shall be the names of the nominees for such office printed w ith the |
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677 | 677 | | name of the nominee's party followed by candidat es who file as |
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678 | 678 | | Independents for such office printed with the word "Independent". |
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679 | 679 | | The list shall be continued, naming the officers in the order in |
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680 | 680 | | which they are set out by the Constitution and statut es, until all |
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681 | 681 | | the nominees are given space. The section s of the ballot shall be |
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682 | 682 | | set off with well-defined lines or by other means as prescribed by |
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683 | 683 | | the Secretary of the State Election Board. |
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684 | 684 | | SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 20 21, Section 6-109, is |
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686 | 686 | | Section 6-109. On all Primary and Runoff Primary Election |
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687 | 687 | | ballots, except absentee ballots, the names of the candidates for |
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688 | 688 | | each office shall be rotated in such a manner that all candidates' |
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689 | 689 | | names appear in each position on the ballots an equal number of |
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690 | 690 | | times, to the extent practicable. Provided, however, the names of |
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742 | 742 | | candidates for judicial, school, city and town offices shall be |
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744 | 744 | | SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 6-111, is |
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745 | 745 | | amended to read as follows: |
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746 | 746 | | Section 6-111. All ballots for Primary , Runoff Primary and |
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747 | 747 | | General Elections shall be printed with a stub so perforated that |
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748 | 748 | | the ballot may be easily detached from the stub. Upon the stub |
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749 | 749 | | shall be printed the number of the stub and the words, "Primary |
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750 | 750 | | Election Ballot", "Runoff Primary Election Ballot " or "General |
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751 | 751 | | Election Ballot", as the case may be ; in the event of Primary and |
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752 | 752 | | Runoff Primary Elections, the name of the political party shall be |
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753 | 753 | | printed above the words . |
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754 | 754 | | SECTION 9. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 20 21, Section 6-116, is |
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755 | 755 | | amended to read as follows: |
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756 | 756 | | Section 6-116. A. As soon as practicable, the State Election |
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757 | 757 | | Board or each county election board, when ballots are pri nted by a |
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758 | 758 | | county election board, shall cause to be printed a sufficient number |
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759 | 759 | | of absentee ballots, prepared as nearly as practicable in t he same |
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760 | 760 | | manner as provided for other ballots for the Primary , Runoff Primary |
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761 | 761 | | and General Elections, in time for the ba llots to be issued during |
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762 | 762 | | the time prescribed by law. |
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763 | 763 | | B. The Secretary of the State Election Board may authorize the |
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764 | 764 | | use of regular ballo ts as absentee ballots in any county for any |
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765 | 765 | | election. In the event that regular ballots are authorized for use |
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817 | 817 | | as absentee ballots at any election, the first order of rotation of |
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818 | 818 | | candidate names for all partisan offices in Primary Elections shall |
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819 | 819 | | be determined as outlined in Section 6 -107 of this title and the |
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820 | 820 | | candidate names shall be rotated to the extent practicable o n all |
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821 | 821 | | ballots printed for the election. The first order of rotation of |
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822 | 822 | | candidate names for all partisan offices in the Runoff Primary |
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823 | 823 | | Election shall be determined as outlined in Section 6 -108 of this |
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824 | 824 | | title and the candidate names shall be rotated to the e xtent |
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825 | 825 | | practicable on all ballots printed for the election. Regular |
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826 | 826 | | ballots used as absentee ballots shall not be required to be |
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830 | 830 | | Section 8-101. The county election board shall certify a list |
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831 | 831 | | of nominees of each political party the names of the two candidates |
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832 | 832 | | receiving the highest number of votes for county offices following |
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833 | 833 | | the Primary and Runoff Primary Elections Election. The State |
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834 | 834 | | Election Board shall certify a list of nominees of each political |
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835 | 835 | | party the names of the two candidates rec eiving the highest number |
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836 | 836 | | of votes for the offices for which the Boa rd accepts filings of |
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837 | 837 | | Declarations of Candidacy fo llowing the Primary and Runoff Primary |
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838 | 838 | | Elections Election. The provisions of this section shall not be |
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839 | 839 | | applicable if one candidate receiv es more than fifty percent (50%) |
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840 | 840 | | of the votes cast in the Primary El ection. |
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894 | 894 | | SECTION 12. This act shall become effective N ovember 1, 2022. |
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