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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	HOUSE BILL 1010 By: Jenkins
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to elections; creating the
66	66	Presidential Preference Primary Modernization Act of
67	67	2025; amending 26 O.S. 2021, Section 20 -104, which
68	68	relates to certification of candidates and delegate
69	69	voting; directing the Secretary of the State Election
70	70	Board to calculate certain costs related to the
71	71	Presidential Preferential Primary ballot; directing
72	72	the Secretary to issue an invoice for c ertain costs;
73	73	requiring invoice to include detailed accounting;
74	74	requiring payment by political party; establishing
75	75	penalty; permitting appeal by the state central
76	76	committee of a political party; establishing
77	77	timeline; directing the State Election Board to
78	78	conduct necessary hearings or reviews; providing for
79	79	noncodification; and providing an effective date.
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85	85	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
86	86	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
87	87	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
88	88	This act shall be known and may be cite d as the "Presidential
89	89	Preference Primary Modernization Act of 2025 ".
90	90	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 20 -104, is
91	91	amended to read as follows:
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143	143	Section 20-104. A. Upon the completion of the state canvass of
144	144	the results of the Presidential Preferential Primary, the Secretary
145	145	of the State Election Board shall certify to the state chairman of
146	146	each political party which has candidates participating in the
147	147	primary:
148	148	1. the names of the party 's candidates and the votes each
149	149	received, by congressional district as well as statewide; and
150	150	2. the total of the votes cast in the political party, by
151	151	congressional district as well as statewide.
152	152	B. Each candidate shall be awarded delegates by congressional
153	153	districts proportionately, by the ratio of votes they received to
154	154	the total vote cast in said congressional district; provided
155	155	however, no delegates shall be awarded to any candidate receiving
156	156	less than fifteen percent (15%) of the vote, and such votes shall be
157	157	allocated among the oth er candidates in proportion to their total
158	158	vote. If no candidate receives fifteen percent (15%) or more of the
159	159	vote, then the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in
160	160	that district shall be awarded all the delegates from that district.
161	161	C. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes
162	162	statewide shall be awarded all delegate votes authorized by the
163	163	National Committee of the political party which are selected as the
164	164	at-large delegates at the state convention of said party.
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216	216	D. Votes shall be allocated on a basis of not less than one -
217	217	half (1/2) delegate vote or the minimum allowed by the national
218	218	party rules.
219	219	E. Each political party shall then select, by a method to be
220	220	determined by the party, as many delegates to the national party
221	221	convention as are allotted it by the national committee of that
222	222	party.
223	223	F. No later than 5:00 p.m. on the tenth day of January, 1988,
224	224	and each year thereafter in which the President and Vi ce President
225	225	of the United States are to be elected, the Attorney General shal l
226	226	submit to the Secretary of the State Election Board notice of the
227	227	manner in which results of the next following Presidential
228	228	Preferential Primary are to be certified and to who m said results
229	229	are to be certified. The State Election Board shall certify results
230	230	according to the manner prescribed in the notice. The Attorney
231	231	General shall be required to provide said notice in such a way as to
232	232	be consistent with the methods required by the recognized political
233	233	parties relative to selection of delegates to the ir national
234	234	conventions.
235	235	G. Each delegate or alternate delegate to the national
236	236	convention of his political party shall cast their vote on all
237	237	ballots for the candidate who rece ived this state's vote. If that
238	238	candidate is for any reason no longer a candidate, the votes of the
239	239	Oklahoma delegation shall be cast for any candidate of their choice.
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291	291	H. If the political parties involved in the primary elections
292	292	will not accept the min imum threshold or other provisions of this
293	293	section, or have a different method of allocating the votes of all
294	294	candidates falling below such threshold, either as to the
295	295	congressional districts or statewide vote, then these matters may be
296	296	governed by the respective political parties involved.
297	297	I. In the event that the delegates to a political party to the
298	298	national convention cast their votes for a candidate other than the
299	299	candidate who received this state 's vote, except in cases where the
300	300	candidate has become deceased or has been declared disabled under
301	301	the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to th e United States Constitution, the
302	302	Secretary of the State Election Board shall calculate the total cost
303	303	incurred by the state for including that candidate on the ballot.
304	304	The Secretary shall issue an invoice to the state central committee
305	305	of the political party for the amount calculated. The invoice
306	306	issued under the provisions of this section shall include a detailed
307	307	accounting of all costs incurred by the state for including the
308	308	candidate on the Presidential Preferential Primary ballot, including
309	309	but not limited to, administrative expenses, ballot printing, and
310	310	election staffing. The political party shall remit full payment to
311	311	the State Election Board within ninety (90) days of r eceiving the
312	312	invoice. Failure to pay the invoiced amount within the specified
313	313	timeframe shall result in the ineligibility of that political
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365	365	party's candidates to appear on the ballot in the subsequent
366	366	Presidential Preferential Primary.
367	367	J. If the state central committee of a political party disputes
368	368	the amount of an invoice issued pursuant to Subsection I of this
369	369	act, it may file a written appeal to the State Election Board within
370	370	thirty (30) days of receiving the invoice. The appeal shall specify
371	371	the items and amounts in dispute and provide any supporting
372	372	documentation or reasoning. Upon receipt of a timely appeal, the
373	373	State Election Board shall conduct any necessary hearings or reviews
374	374	and issue a written decision and any invoice modifications within
375	375	sixty (60) days of receiving the appeal.
376	376	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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