1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|SENATE BILL 375 By: Howard |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021, |
| Sections 1-102 and 5-110, which relate to primary |
8| elections and filing period; modifying date for |
| primary elections; modifying filing period for |
9| declarations of candidacy; updating statutory |
| language; and declaring an emergency. |
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12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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13| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 1-102, is |
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14|amended to read as follows: |
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15| Section 1-102. A Primary Election shall be held on the last |
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16|third Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year, at which time each |
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17|political party recognized by the laws of Oklahoma this state shall |
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18|nominate its candidates for the offices to be filled at the next |
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19|succeeding General Election, unless otherwise provided by law. No |
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20|candidate's name shall be printed upon the General Election ballot |
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21|unless such candidate shall have been nominated as herein provided, |
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22|unless otherwise provided by law; provided further that this |
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23|provision shall not exclude the right of a nonpartisan candidate to |
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24|have his or her name printed upon the General Election ballots. No |
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1|county, municipality or school district shall schedule an election |
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2|on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the |
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3|date of any such primary election. |
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4| SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 5-110, is |
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5|amended to read as follows: |
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6| Section 5-110. Declarations of Candidacy provided herein must |
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7|be filed with the secretary of the appropriate election board no |
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8|earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday Monday of April of |
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9|any even-numbered year and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the next |
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10|succeeding Friday Wednesday. Such Declarations of Candidacy may be |
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11|transmitted by United States mail, but in no event shall the |
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12|secretary of any election board accept such Declarations after the |
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13|time prescribed by law. |
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14| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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15|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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16|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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17|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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