Oklahoma Regulations § 230:20-3-4 Forms for filing Declaration of Candidacy for federal, state, county, school district, and statutory municipal offices prescribed by Secretary of the State Election BoardVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024
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Regulation Text
(a)
The Secretary of the State Election Board shall prescribe forms to be used by candidates for federal, state, legislative, district, and nonpartisan judicial offices to declare their candidacy in Oklahoma. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall prescribe forms to be used by candidates to declare their candidacy for county offices, for Board of Education offices, and for municipal offices in statutory municipalities. The Secretary of the State Election Board also shall prescribe forms to be used by candidates to declare their candidacy in the Oklahoma Presidential Preferential Primary Election. The forms prescribed by the Secretary for the purpose of declaring candidacy for office shall request all the information listed in Title 26, Section
5-111
and may request any additional information the Secretary deems necessary.
(b)
A Declaration of Candidacy for any office listed in (a) of this Section may include the following individual forms.
(1)
Candidate Information and Oath.
The Candidate Information and Oath form shall include all information required by state law about a candidate and the candidate's eligibility for the office being sought.
(2)
Criminal History Disclosure.
A candidate who indicates a criminal history involving charges or conviction for misdemeanor involving embezzlement or a felony on the Candidate Information and Oath page is required to provide details on the Criminal History Disclosure form.
(3)
Candidate Qualifications.
A candidate is required to read, sign, and date a page listing all qualifications set forth in federal or state law as appropriate to the office sought.
(c)
The forms required to be included in a Declaration of Candidacy are available on the State Election Board website (https://www.ok.gov/elections/Candidate_Info/Can-didate_Filing). The forms may be filled out online, but they must be downloaded and printed and must be signed in writing, personally by the candidate in the presence of a Notary Public or other person authorized by law to administer oaths. [26:5-111-1 ] See
230:20-3-35
.
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