Oklahoma § 26-2-132 Disqualification as board member or precinct official.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 26-2-132 — Disqualification as board member or precinct official.

Oklahoma § 26-2-132

Title 26Elections

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-2-132 (2026).

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1.No person shall serve as a secretary of a county election board, or as a member or alternate member of a county election board, or as a member of an absentee voting board, or as a precinct official, at any election in which he or she is a candidate for office, or is a deputy or regular employee of a candidate for office.

2.Any person so disqualified shall resign the office or position no later than ten (10) days following the close of the filing period during which such candidacy was filed. In the event a precinct election official or an absentee voting board member is so disqualified, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county election board to appoint a suitable replacement for the affected election. B.

1.No person shall serve as a precinct official at any election in wh

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A. 1. No person shall serve as a secretary of a county election board, or as a member or alternate member of a county election board, or as a member of an absentee voting board, or as a precinct official, at any election in which he or she is a candidate for office, or is a deputy or regular employee of a candidate for office. 2. Any person so disqualified shall resign the office or position no later than ten (10) days following the close of the filing period during which such candidacy was filed. In the event a precinct election official or an absentee voting board member is so disqualified, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county election board to appoint a suitable replacement for the affected election. B. 1. No person shall serve as a precinct official at any election in which he or she is related within the second degree by either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the ballot in the precinct. 2. No person shall serve on an absentee voting board at any election in which he or she is related within the second degree by either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the ballot in the county. 3. In the event a person described herein is so disqualified, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county election board to appoint a suitable replacement for the official for that election. C. No person shall serve as a member, alternate member or secretary of a county election board at any election in which he or she is related within the second degree by either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the ballot in the county. In the event a secretary of a county election board is so disqualified, the Secretary of the State Election Board may designate a suitable temporary replacement for that election.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-132, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 171, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 316, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 55, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 290, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 176, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2011, c. 183, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 491, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.