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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 563 By: Kirt
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to election of county officials ;
requiring election for county offices t o be
nonpartisan; prohibiting declaration of par ty
affiliation on Declaration of Can didacy for county
office; clarifying eligibility for placement on
certain primary and general election ballots;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STA TE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5 -103.1 of Title 26, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, r eads as follows:
A. Beginning with the 2022 election cycle, elections for any
county office shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis. Candidates
for a county office shall file a Declaration of Candidacy with the
secretary of the county election board as provided in Section 5-103
of Title 26 of the Oklah oma Statutes but shall not declare a party
affiliation.
B. If more than two candidates qualify to have their names
appear on the ballot for a county office, the names of all such
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candidates shall appear o n the Primary Election ballot. If no
single candidate receives more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes
cast at the Primary Election, the names of the two candidates
receiving the highest number of votes at the Prim ary Election shall
appear on the General Election ballot.
C. If only two candidates qual ify to have their names appear on
the ballot for a county office, the names of both candidates shall
appear on the General Election ballot.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novem ber 1, 2021.
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