Oklahoma Secretary of State Office
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Title 230 – State Election Board [Return]
Chapter 20 – Candidate Filing [Return]
Subchapter 5 – Contests of Candidacy
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from Zeb Blanchard 1-13-12:
230:20-5-2. Time for filing contest
A contest of candidacy petition must be filed no later than 5 p.m. on the
second day following the close of the filing period. [26:5-119]
And filing for president was December 5-7, 2011.
This would appear to be a catch 22 to avoid challenges. More than likely this
caveat would be upheld in any challenge. How to go around this . . .??
Perhaps there is a clause in OK statutes that deal with fraud or false swearing
and bring that to placement of a U. S. Constitution unqualified candidate on the
ballot??
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More from Zeb Blanchard 1-13-12:
Comment:
It looks like OK is pretty simple, assuming PBO is the only Dem on the ballot,
if not get one of the other candidates to file. Or get someone on the ballot as
a dummy and have them file. The challenge in OK goes thru the elections board
by way of the secretary, i.e. not to the SOS.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/Index.asp?ftdb=STOKST26&level=1
Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 26. Elections
Article V - Filing
Article Article V - Filing
Section 5-117 - Declarations of Candidacy Must be Accepted - Exceptions
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 contained in the Oklahoma Constitution,
statutes or resolution calling the election. Such acceptance shall entitle the
candidate to have the candidate's name appear on the appropriate ballots unless
the candidate withdraws candidacy according to law, or unless a contest to said
candidacy is sustained in the manner hereinafter described.
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma
http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/index.html
http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/III.html (suffrage)
Section 5-118 - Contests of Candidacy
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 candidacy. In the event only one
candidate files for an office, a petition contesting the candidacy may be filed
by any registered voter who is eligible to vote for the candidate.
OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD
State Capitol Building, Room B-6
PO Box 53156
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152
Telephone: 405-521-2391
Fax: 405-521-6457
Paul Ziriax, Secretary
