Oklahoma Regulations § 230:35-3-91 Certifying county election results

Regulation Text

(a) Election night activities. On election night, the County Election Board shall canvass the precinct and absentee results for all elections including elections for which the county is an affected county. The County Election Board shall not, under any circumstances, certify election results on election night.

(b) Friday following election. The County Election Board shall meet on Friday following each election at the time set by the Secretary to count verified provisional ballots and to certify the final election results. If the Board meets prior to 5 p.m. to count provisional ballots and finishes the count before 5 p.m., the meeting may be recessed and reconvened after 5 p.m. After the provisional ballots have been counted and after all affected counties of entities involved in the election have counted provisional ballots, the Secretary shall request and print an appropriate number of copies of the Official Certification Report for each entity. After the close of the contest period at 5 p.m., the Board shall certify the final election results for all candidate races and all propositions, providing no contests have been filed.

(1) The County Election Board members shall sign each copy of the Official Certification Report in the area provided for signatures.

(2) The Secretary shall apply the official County Election Board seal to each signed copy of the Official Certification Report.

(c) Disposition of signed and sealed Official Certification Reports. At least one copy of each signed and sealed Official Certification Report shall be maintained permanently by the County Election Board.

In all county, school district, or municipal elections, an appropriate number of copies of the signed and sealed Official Certification Report shall be provided to the entity for which the election was conducted. In some instances, an entity may request multiple signed and sealed copies of the Official Certification Report. The Secretary shall provide the number of copies, within reason, requested by the entity.

(d) List of nominees. Following Primary and Runoff Primary Elections, the County Election Board shall authorize the Secretary to prepare an official list of the nominees of each party for each county office on the ballot. The original copy of the list of nominees shall be signed by the Secretary and shall be maintained with the minutes of the County Election Board meeting at which the election results were certified. A copy of the list of nominees shall be posted on the door of the County Election Board office.

(1) Following the Primary Election, the list of nominees shall include any candidate for county office who is unopposed by another member of his or her own political party, and any candidate for county office who receives a majority of the votes cast in the Primary Election. The list shall not include any county office which will appear on the Runoff Primary Election ballot.

(2) Following the Runoff Primary Election, the list shall include all candidates included on the list prepared following the Primary Election and also any candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast in the Runoff Primary Election.

(e) List of successful candidates and Certificates of Election. Following General Elections, the Secretary of the County Election Board shall compile a list of successful candidates for each county office on the ballot and shall issue a Certificate of Election to each successful candidate. The list shall include all candidates who were unopposed and who therefore did not appear on the General Election ballot as well as all successful candidates in the General Election.

Source

Amended at 9 Ok Reg 1231, eff 3-1-92 (emergency) ; Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2387, eff 7-1-92 ; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2427, eff 7-1-99 ; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1884, eff 7-1-05 ; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 80, eff 9-1-05 (emergency) ; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1290, eff 7-1-06 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1672, eff 7-15-13

History

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 33, Issue 24, September 1, 2016 , eff. 9/11/2016

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