Title 26, Elections

The secretary of each county election board shall cause registration forms of every registered voter in said county to be retained in a central registry in alphabetical order. Said central registry shall be maintained in a secure manner in the offices of the county election board…

The secretary of each county election board is authorized to correct clerical or administrative errors in the voter registration database and to conform voter registration information to recognized standards, as determined by the Secretary of the State Election Board, for promoti…

A. 1. The Secretary of the State Election Board is authorized to promulgate rules to keep confidential the residence and mailing address, upon application to do so, of individual registered voters who are members of certain classes as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection. …

If a registered voter of a county changes his or her residence to another precinct within the same county, he or she shall be entitled to transfer his or her registration in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board. The secretary of the county election boa…

If a registered voter of a county has changed name or residence within the same county, and has not executed a transfer as hereinbefore provided, the voter shall be entitled to a change upon executing an application on a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of the State Electio…

Any registered voter who changes his or her residence to another county may apply for registration as an initial registrant in such other county. Such person shall indicate his or her prior registration information, including name, residence address and county and political affil…

A. Any state agency that purchases, subscribes to, or is an authorized or licensed user of the United States Postal Service's National Change of Address dataset is authorized to share the records from the dataset with the State Election Board. B. The Secretary of the State Electi…

Any registered voter may make application under oath to change political affiliation by executing a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board at any time. The county election board secretary in the applicant's county of residence shall process and approve any s…

A. The registration of any registered voter shall be canceled only for one of the following reasons: 1. Written notice from the voter pursuant to Section 4-120.1 of this title; 2. Death; 3. Conviction of a felony; 4. Judicial determination of mental incapacitation under Title 30 …

A. A registered voter may have his or her name removed from the voter registration database by executing a written notice for same to the Secretary of the State Election Board or any county election board. Such written notice shall be personally signed by the voter and either sha…

Any person whose voter registration has been transferred and the transfer has been completed by the appropriate election board pursuant to Section 4-116 or 4-118 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not vote in the precinct in which the person was registered prior to the tr…

A. No later than June 1 of each year, the State Election Board shall perform a query of the entire voter registration database to determine how many individuals are registered at the same residential address. B. If more than ten registered voters share a single residential addres…

A. The State Department of Health shall each month transmit to the Secretary of the State Election Board a certified list of all deaths of residents that have occurred within the state for the immediately preceding month to include only the personal identifiers needed to compare …

A. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall accept written notice from the United States Attorney of persons convicted of felonies in a district court of the United States. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall cause the voter registrations of persons listed in t…

A. The court clerk in each county shall prepare each month a list of all persons who have been adjudged incapacitated and provide the list to the secretary of the county election board. The secretary shall cancel the registration of each registered voter included on the list, and…

The secretary of each county election board shall cancel the registration of allregistered voters who have registered in another county in Oklahoma, or in another state, upon receipt of notice of same. Laws 1981, c. 45, § 7, emerg. eff. April 8, 1981.

The registration application of registered voters whose registration has been canceled, upon written notice of the voter, death, conviction of a felony, judicial determination of mental incapacitation or registration in another county or state in the manner hereinbefore provided,…

A person whose registration has been cancelled according to law shall be required to register again in the manner provided by law for initial registrations before he can vote in an election for which registration is required. Laws 1981, c. 45, § 9, emerg. eff. April 8, 1981.

A. The Secretary of the State Election Board may join the State of Oklahoma as a member in one or more multistate voter list maintenance organizations. The Secretary is authorized to expend funds as available for membership fees, dues and other expenses related to such membership…

A. The Secretary of the State Election Board may compare the list of registered voters in this state with the database of any federal, state, or local agency, board, or commission that maintains information regarding the citizenship of persons residing in this state. B. If a regi…

A person may become a candidate for office and have his name appear on a ballot only after he files a Declaration of Candidacy as hereinafter provided. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-101, operative Jan. 1, 1975.

Candidates for United States Senator, United States Representative, state officer, State Senator, State Representative, district judge, associate district judge and district attorney shall file Declarations of Candidacy with the Secretary of the State Election Board. Amended by L…

Candidates for county office shall file Declarations of Candidacy with the secretary of the county election board in the county in which said candidates seek election. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-103, operative Jan. 1, 1975.

Candidates may file for the nomination of a political party only if said party is recognized by the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-104, operative Jan. 1, 1975.

A. To file as a candidate for nomination by a political party to any state or county office, a person must have been a registered voter of that party for the six-month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law and, under oath, so state. Pro…

A. A person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving embezzlement or a felony under the laws of this state or of the United States or who has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to such misdemeanor involving embezzlement or felony or who has been convicted of a c…

Candidates may file for no more than one office at any election. A Special Election and a Regular Election held on the same date shall be considered one election. Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-106, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 260, § 26, emerg. eff. May 26, …

No person may become a candidate for any office enumerated in Section 5-102 of this title whose name is identical to the name of the incumbent or of any publicly announced candidate for such office, or similar thereto, where it appears that the identity or similarity of names is …

No person may become a candidate for any office who adopts or has adopted a name identical or similar to that of the incumbent of such office, or of any candidate who has previously made public announcement of his candidacy for such office. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-108, operative J…

No person may become a candidate for any office who adopts or has adopted the name of any person of state or national reputation, living or dead. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-109, operative Jan. 1, 1975.

Declarations of Candidacy provided herein must be filed with the secretary of the appropriate election board no earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of April of any even-numbered year and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the next succeeding Friday. Such Declarations of Candida…

A. Forms to be used for filing Declarations of Candidacy shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board and shall contain the following information: 1. The name of the candidate as it shall appear on the ballot; 2. The legal name of the candidate; 3. The candida…

To be valid, a Declaration of Candidacy submitted to the secretary of any county election board or to the Secretary of the State Election Board shall be signed by the candidate in writing. The candidate shall personally subscribe his name to the Declaration of Candidacy, and no a…

A. A declaration of candidacy must be accompanied by: 1. A petition supporting a candidate's filing signed by not fewer than two percent (2%) of the number of registered voters in the district, county or state, as appropriate for the office sought; or 2. A cashier's check or cert…

In all primary elections where there are two or more nominations to be made for the same office in name, one of said offices being for a longer term than the other, each candidate, in filing for nomination for said office, shall state whether he is filing for the long or short te…

Any candidate may withdraw as a candidate only upon the filing of a written notice of withdrawal as a candidate with the secretary of the election board which accepted such candidate’s declaration of candidacy. Such notice shall be signed by the candidate or a lawfully appointed …

A candidate in a Runoff Primary Election may withdraw as a candidate upon the filing of a written notice of withdrawal as a candidate with the secretary of the election board which accepted said candidate's declaration of candidacy. Said notice shall be signed by the candidate or…

A candidate in a General Election may withdraw his candidacy upon filing a written notice of withdrawal as a candidate with the secretary of the election board which accepted said candidate's declaration of candidacy. Said notice shall be signed by the candidate, whose signature …

The secretary of any election board shall accept any Declaration of Candidacy which the secretary is authorized to accept, except such Declaration which on its face shows that the candidate does not meet the qualifications to become a candidate for the office set forth as contain…

Any candidate, hereafter referred to as petitioner, may contest the candidacy of any other candidate for the same office, hereafter referred to as contestee, by filing a written petition with the secretary of the election board with whom said candidate filed the declaration of ca…

The petition must be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on the second business day following the close of the filing period. Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-119, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 196, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.

Said petition must allege that the contestee was not qualified by law to become a candidate for the office for which he filed a Declaration of Candidacy and must contain the reasons therefor. Reasons not appearing on the face of the petition shall be considered waived and shall n…

The petition must be accompanied by a cashier's check or certified check in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-121, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 90, § 3, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976; Laws 1999, c. 88, § 7, emerg. eff…

When such a petition is properly filed, the secretary of the appropriate election board shall set the matter down for a hearing, said hearing to be not fewer than three (3) days from the date of filing of said petition. Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-122, operative Jan. 1, 1975.…

It shall be the duty of the petitioner to cause a true copy of the petition and notice of the date and place of the hearing to be served on the contestee. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-123, operative Jan. 1, 1975.

Said service shall be made in person, where possible, within twenty-four (24) hours after the date and place of the hearing has been set by the election board secretary. Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-124, operative Jan. 1, 1975.

Service shall be made by the sheriff of the county of residence of the contestee as to all offices, except that of sheriff, in which case the same shall be served by the county clerk of the appropriate county, and the certificate of returns of such sheriff or county clerk, showin…

The petition may be heard without formal pleadings being filed in answer or reply thereto. The election board with whom the petition is filed shall have the authority to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence. Such election board sha…

If the election board determines that the contestee was not qualified to become a candidate for the office for which he filed a Declaration of Candidacy, it may order that his candidacy be stricken and that his name not be placed on the ballot. Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-127…