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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 26. ELECTIONS

  § 26-3-101. Elections to be on Tuesdays - Scheduling of special elections - State holidays - Filing of resolution.  

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  • A.  No election required to be conducted by any county election board shall be scheduled for a day other than Tuesday.

    B.  Except as otherwise provided by law, no special election shall be held by any county, school district, technology center school district, municipality or other entity 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 second 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 June, the fourth Tuesday in August, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of any even-numbered year.

    C.  In the event that a regular or special election date occurs on an official state holiday, the election shall be scheduled for the next following Tuesday.

    D.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any provision of a municipal charter, any municipality, 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 election, 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, if so required by the resolution, shall begin no later than ten (10) days following the deadline to file the resolution with the secretary of the 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.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 3-101, operative Jan. 1, 1975.  Amended by Laws 1991, c. 129, § 1, eff. April 1, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 247, § 3, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 176, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 23, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 485, § 5; Laws 2005, c. 224, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2011, c. 196, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2012, c. 31, § 2, emerg. eff. April 9, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 20, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.

Note

NOTE:  Laws 2012, c. 152, § 1 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 21, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.