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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 375 By: Howard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S . 2021,
Sections 1-102 and 5-110, which relate to primary
elections and filing per iod; modifying date for
primary elections; modi fying filing period for
declarations of candidacy; updating statutory
language; and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -102, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-102. A Primary Election shall be held on the last
third Tuesday in June of each even -numbered year, at which time each
political party recognized by the laws of Oklahoma this state shall
nominate its candidates for the offices to be filled at the next
succeeding General Election , unless otherwise provided by law. N o
candidate’s name shall be printed upon the General Election ballot
unless such candidate shall have been nominated as h erein provided,
unless otherwise provided by law; provided furth er that this
provision shall not exclude the right of a nonpartisan can didate to
have his or her name printed upon the General Election ballo ts. No
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county, municipality or school district sha ll schedule an election
on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the
date of any such primary election.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -110, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5-110. Declarations of Candidacy provided herein must
be filed with the secretary of the appropriate election board no
earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday Monday of April of
any even-numbered year and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the next
succeeding Friday Wednesday. Such Declarations of Candidacy may be
transmitted by United States mail, but in no event shall the
secretary of any election board accept such Declarations after the
time prescribed by la w.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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