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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 652 By: Paxton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 3-101, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 329,
8 O.S.L. 2023 (26 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 3-101),
8 which relates to election dates; providing exception;
9 and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 3-101, as
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14 amended by Section 2, Chapter 329, O.S.L. 2023 (26 O.S. Supp. 2024,
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15 Section 3-101), is amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 3-101. A. No election required to be conducted by any
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17 county election board shall be scheduled for a day other than
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18 Tuesday.
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19 B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no regular or special
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20 election to fill an elective office for any purpose shall be held by
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21 any county, school district, technology center school district,
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22 municipality, fire protection district or other political
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23 subdivision authorized to call elections except as follows:
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24 1. The second Tuesday of February in any year;
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1 2. The first Tuesday of April in any year;
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2 3. The date of any regularly scheduled statewide state or
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3 federal election in an even-numbered year as provided in Sections 1-
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4 101, 1-102, 1-103, and 20-101 of this title;
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5 4. The second Tuesday of September August in an odd-numbered
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7 5. The second first Tuesday after the first Monday of November
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8 in an odd-numbered year; and
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9 6. The second Tuesday of June of an odd-numbered year for a
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10 special election to fill a vacancy.
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11 C. Except as otherwise provided by law or by Section 1 of this
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12 act, no election for any purpose other than to fill an elective
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13 office shall be held by any county, school district, technology
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14 center school district, municipality, fire protection district or
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15 other political subdivision authorized to call elections except on A
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16 special election called by the Governor pursuant to law shall only
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17 be set on the following dates:
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18 1. The second Tuesday of January, February, May, June, July,
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19 August, September, and October and November and the first Tuesday in
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20 March and April, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
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21 November in odd-numbered years; provided, a municipality with a
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22 population in excess of two hundred fifty thousand (250,000)
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23 persons, according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census, may
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1 also hold an election on the second Tuesday of December in odd-
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2 numbered years; and
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3 2. The second Tuesday of January and February, the first
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4 Tuesday in March and April, the third Tuesday in June, the fourth
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5 Tuesday in August, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
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6 November of any even-numbered year and the date of any regularly
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7 scheduled state or federal election as provided in Sections 1-101,
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8 1-102, 1-103, and 20-101 of this title.
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9 D. In the event that a regular or special election date occurs
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10 on an official state holiday, the election shall be scheduled for
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11 the next following Tuesday. In the event that any day of a
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12 candidate filing period occurs on a Saturday, Sunday or any official
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13 state holiday, that day of the filing period shall be scheduled for
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14 the next business day.
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15 E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any provision
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16 of a municipal charter, any municipality, school district,
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17 technology center district, county, rural fire protection district,
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18 or any other entity seeking to hold a regular or special election to
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19 be conducted by a county election board on the same date as a
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20 regular or special federal or state election, shall file the
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21 resolution calling for the election with the county election board
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22 secretary no later than seventy-five (75) days prior to the election
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23 date. A candidate filing period of three (3) days, if so required
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24 by the resolution, shall begin no later than ten (10) days following
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1 the deadline to file the resolution with the secretary of the county
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2 election board; provided, the filing period for such municipal
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3 office may be scheduled on the same dates as the filing period for
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4 state or federal office to be filled at such election.
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5 F. Any school district, technology center district,
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6 municipality, including any municipality governed by charter, rural
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7 fire protection district or any other entity seeking to hold a
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8 special election for the purpose of filling a vacancy shall schedule
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9 a candidate filing period of three (3) days to begin not more than
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10 twenty (20) ten (10) days following the date the resolution calling
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11 the election is required to be filed with the secretary of the
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12 county election board.
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13 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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