§14-80.8. Filing as Senate candidate – Requirements.
To file as a candidate for the State Senate in any senatorial district, a person must have been a registered voter in the district and a resident residing within such district for the six-month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period as provided by law. Any member of the Senate whose district […]
§14-80.30. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “State Senate Redistricting Act of 2001”. Added by Laws 2001, c. 257, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.
§14-80.35.12. Short title – State Senate Redistricting Act of 2021.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “State Senate Redistricting Act of 2021”. Added by Laws 2021, c. 481, § 2.
§14-80.35.13. Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds that: 1. Pursuant to 13 U.S. Code, Section 141(c), the United States Census Bureau is required to transmit to each state by April 1, 2021, the tabulations of population of that state as determined by the Federal Decennial Census. The U.S. Census Bureau failed to meet the deadline which necessitates the use […]
§14-80.35.14. Term of office – District numerical designation.
A. Senators elected in 2022 from even-numbered districts provided hereinafter shall hold office until the fifteenth day succeeding the General Election in November 2026, and thereafter shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. Senators elected from odd-numbered districts in November 2020, shall hold office until the fifteenth day succeeding the General Election in […]
§14-80.35.16. Precincts where no persons reside.
If the State Senate Redistricting Act of 2021 and the State House of Representatives Redistricting Act of 2021 would require any county election board to create precincts pursuant to Section 3-116 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes, where no persons reside, it shall be the duty of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate […]
§14-80.35.17. Operative date.
The Senate districts described herein shall become operative on the fifteenth day following the General Election in November 2022; provided, however, the State Election Board and appropriate county election boards shall conduct regular or special elections for the Senate held after April 5, 2022, in accordance with the provisions of the State Senate Redistricting Act […]
§14-80.35.18. Redistricting – Composition.
For purposes of the State Senate Redistricting Act of 2021: 1. The total state population based on the 2020 Federal Decennial Census is three million nine hundred fifty-nine thousand three hundred fifty-three (3,959,353) persons; and 2. The ideal State Senate district contains eighty-two thousand four hundred eighty-seven (82,487) persons. Added by Laws 2021, 1st Ex. […]