Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-12-103.1

Ordinance - Petition.

A. The board of trustees may, by ordinance, provide for the

nomination and election at large of the trustees of a statutory town

board of trustees form of government; provided, however, that such

ordinance shall not become effective until sixty (60) days following

the date of its publication. After the ordinance becomes effective,

the requirement that trustees of a town be residents of and

nominated from wards shall not apply.

B. Within such sixty-day period, the registered voters of such

town may petition for an election on the question of nominating and

electing the trustees at large. The petition shall be signed by a

number of such registered voters that is not less than twenty

percent (20%) of the votes cast at the most recent election for the

town office receiving the greatest number of votes. The petition

shall be filed with the town clerk. The ordinance providing for the

nomination and election of trustees at large shall be suspended

pending the determination of the sufficiency of the number of

signatures on the petition or the determination of the results of

the election.

C. Each petition filed with the town clerk shall be on a

separate sheet and shall be authenticated by the affidavit of at

least one credible witness that the signatures are genuine and that

the signers of the petition are registered voters of the town. The

clerk shall make a physical count of the number of signatures

appearing on the petitions and shall verify with the county election

board the number of votes cast at the most recent town election for

the office receiving the greatest number of votes. The clerk shall

then publish a notice of the filing and the apparent sufficiency or

insufficiency of the petition. The notice shall also state that any

qualified elector of the town may file a protest to the petition or

an objection to the count made by the clerk. A protest to the

petition or the count of signatures shall be filed in the district

court in the county in which the situs of the town is located within

ten (10) days after the publication. Written notice of the protest

shall be served upon the clerk and the parties who filed the

petition. In the case of the filing of an objection to the count,

notice shall also be served upon any party filing a protest. The

district court shall fix a day, not less than ten (10) days after

the filing of a protest, to hear testimony and arguments for and

against the sufficiency of the petition. A protest filed by anyone,

if abandoned by the party filing it, may be revived within five (5)

days by any other qualified elector. After the hearing, the

district court shall decide whether such petition is in form

required by law. If the number of signatures on the petition is

insufficient, the ordinance shall become effective.

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D. If the number of signatures of the registered voters on the

petition is sufficient, an election on the question shall be

conducted as provided in the applicable sections of Article 16 of

this title. The question on the ballot shall read substantially as

follows:

For the nomination and election of

trustees at large ( )

Against the nomination and election

of trustees at large ( )

E. If a majority of the votes cast on the question favor the

nomination and election of trustees at large, the ordinance shall

become effective. If a majority of the votes cast on the question

are against the nomination and election of the trustees at large,

the ordinance shall not become effective.