Oklahoma § 26-13A-106 Eligibility to be candidate for school board -

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 26-13A-106 — Eligibility to be candidate for school board -

Oklahoma § 26-13A-106

Title 26Elections

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-13A-106 (2026).

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Eligibility to vote.

A.To be eligible to be a candidate for member of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district, a person must have resided in the district or, if the board seat is in an independent district, have resided in that district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period, and have been a registered voter registered with the county election board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the district for six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district unless the person has been awarded a high school di

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Eligibility to vote. A. To be eligible to be a candidate for member of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district, a person must have resided in the district or, if the board seat is in an independent district, have resided in that district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period, and have been a registered voter registered with the county election board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the district for six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalency. In school districts that are divided into election districts, a candidate must have resided in the district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period and have been a registered voter registered with the county election board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the election district for six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the board of education unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalency. B. To be eligible to vote in a school district election or a technology center school district election, a person must be registered with the county election board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the district. To be eligible to vote in an election district election within a school district, a person must be registered with the county election board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the election district.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1988, c. 296, § 7, eff. June 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 25, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 360, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 30, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 53, § 12, emerg. eff. April 1, 2004; Laws 2004, c. 545, § 17, eff. July 1, 2005.