§ 26-6-106. Manner of printing ballot cards for general election.

The official ballot for the General Election shall be printed so that the nominees of the various political parties and nonpartisan candidates will appear in order as determined according to this section.  For each section of the ballot for which there are partisan candidates, the candidates of the recognized parties shall be printed first in lot order followed by candidates of unrecognized parties in lot order followed by independent candidates in lot order.  Candidates of recognized and unrecognized parties shall be printed in the lot order of their respective party.  Each political party shall have the right to select an emblem to be used in designating its candidates on the ballot; provided, however, that no party shall be allowed to use the coat of arms or seal of Oklahoma or of the United States, or the respective flags thereof.  Until changed by resolution of a political party, in state convention, the emblem of the Democratic party shall be a rooster and that of the Republican party an eagle.  Change in a party emblem shall be authorized by the Secretary of the State Election Board only after receipt of written notice of the change by the Secretary from the state central committee of a party.  At the top of each ballot on which there are partisan candidates shall appear the name of each recognized party with the emblem of the party in lot order as prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board.  The name of the office entitled to the first place, preceded by the word "for", shall appear in bold type, as "For Governor".  Immediately after same shall be the names of the nominees for such office printed with the name of the nominee's party followed by candidates who file as Independents for such office printed with the word "Independent".  The list shall be continued, naming the officers in the order in which they are set out by the Constitution and statutes, until all the nominees are given space.  The sections of the ballot shall be set off with well-defined lines or by other means as prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 6-106, operative Jan. 1, 1975.  Amended by Laws 1976, c. 90, § 4, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976; Laws 1991, c. 321, § 11, eff. March 1, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 177, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 189, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Laws 2011, c. 139, § 5.