On the first Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, 1976, and every four (4) years thereafter, a General Election shall be held, at which time electors for President and Vice President shall be elected. On said date, and every two (2) years thereafter, United States Senators and United States Representatives, whose terms expire before […]
A Primary Election shall be held on the last Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year, at which time each political party recognized by the laws of Oklahoma shall nominate its candidates for the offices to be filled at the next succeeding General Election, unless otherwise provided by law. No candidate’s name shall be printed […]
If at any Primary Election no candidate for the nomination for office of any political party receives a majority of all votes cast for all candidates of such party for the office, no candidate shall be nominated by such party for the office, but the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at such […]
A. No registered voter shall be permitted to vote in any Primary Election or Runoff Primary Election of any political party except the political party of which his registration form shows him to be a member, except as otherwise provided by this section. B. 1. A recognized political party may permit registered voters designated as […]
A. In the event of the death of a political party’s nominee for office prior to the date of the General Election, or in the event that a deceased person receives a political party’s nomination for office, a substitute candidate will be permitted to have his or her name placed on the General Election ballot […]
In determining the date of any event pertaining to elections which date is fixed by statute as occurring a certain number of days before or after an election, neither the day of the election nor the day of the event shall be counted. If the date set by law for an event pertaining to an […]
Recognized political parties shall include parties whose candidates’ names appeared on the General Election ballot in 1974, and those parties which shall be formed according to law. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 1-107, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
A group of persons may form a recognized political party at any time except during the period between March 1 and November 15 of any even-numbered year if the following procedure is observed: 1. Notice of intent to form a recognized political party must be filed in writing with the Secretary of the State Election […]
A. Any recognized political party shall continue to be a recognized political party if a candidate of that party for any statewide elected office receives at least two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the total votes cast for the office in either of the preceding two general elections. If such a political party fails to […]
A. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall, within sixty (60) days after such proclamation by the State Election Board, change to Independent the party affiliation in the Oklahoma Election Management System of each registered voter of a political party which ceases to be a recognized political party. B. The Secretary of the State […]
A. The nominees for Presidential Electors of any recognized political party shall be selected at a convention of the party in a manner to be determined by the party. B. The nominees for Presidential Electors shall be certified by the chair of the party to the Secretary of the State Election Board no later than […]
A. The following procedure shall be observed for Presidential Electors pledged to an independent candidate for President of the United States: 1. A person wishing to appear on the General Election ballot as an independent candidate for President of the United States shall file a Statement of Candidacy with the Secretary of the State Election […]
Every party nominee for Presidential Elector shall subscribe to an oath, stating that said nominee, if elected, will cast a ballot for the persons nominated for the offices of President and Vice President by the nominee’s party. The oath shall be notarized by a notary public and filed with the Secretary of the State Election […]
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each year next preceding the expiration of the term of office of each President of the United States, the registered voters of this state shall elect a number of electors for President and Vice President equal to the number of United States Senators and […]
The electors for President and Vice President, hereinafter referred to as Presidential Electors, shall be registered voters of Oklahoma; provided, however, that no United States Senator or United States Representative or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shall be a Presidential Elector. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 10-104, operative […]
A. At any General Election in which Presidential Electors are to be elected, the State Election Board shall provide ballots on which the names of the Presidential Electors of each political party shall be printed adjacent to the names of the party’s candidates for President and Vice President. The names of the Independent nominees for […]
Certificates of Election issued by the State Election Board to Presidential Electors shall be transmitted to such electors by the Governor. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 10-106, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
Persons chosen as Presidential Electors shall meet at 10:00 a.m. in the Governor’s office at the time appointed by the laws of the United States and cast their votes in the manner therein provided and perform such duties as may be required by law. Each such Elector shall receive mileage reimbursement at the rate as […]
In the event any Presidential Elector fails to meet at the Governor’s office at the prescribed time or refuses or fails to vote for the persons nominated for the offices of President and Vice President by the political party which nominated the Presidential Elector, it shall be the duty of the Electors present at the […]
Any Presidential Elector who violates his oath as a Presidential Elector shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Laws 1974, c. 153, § 10-109, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
