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Oklahoma Statutes § 1-102 Primary elections

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Statute Text

A Primary Election shall be held on the [last] third Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year, at which time each political party recognized by the laws of [Oklahoma] this state 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 upon the General Election ballot unless such candidate shall have been nominated as herein provided, unless otherwise provided by law; provided further that this provision shall not exclude the right of a nonpartisan candidate to have his or her name printed upon the General Election ballots. No county, municipality or school district shall schedule an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date of any such primary election.

History

Amended by Laws 2023 , c. 329 , s. 1 , eff. 6/6/2023 .

Added by Laws 1974, SB 415, c. 153, § 1-102, eff. 1/1/1975 ; Amended by Laws 1977, HB 1332, c. 134, § 2; Amended by Laws 2003 , SB 260, c. 162 , § 2 ; Amended by Laws 2011 , HB 1615, c. 196 , § 2 , eff. 11/1/2011 .

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