Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-16-102

charter or subject to Oklahoma Town Meeting Act - Exception -

Choice of election procedure - Residency requirements.

A. The provisions of Section 16-101 et seq. of this title shall

not apply to any municipality which is governed by charter;

provided, that elections for such municipalities which shall be

conducted by the county election board shall be scheduled only on an

election date identified by subsection B of Section 3-101 of Title

26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. However, such a municipality may, by

indicating in its resolution calling an election, choose to follow

any provision of state law governing elections conducted by a county

election board when the municipality's charter or ordinances are

silent on the matter addressed by such provision. In such instance,

if the municipal election or any substantial portion thereof is not

conducted by a county election board, the duties required of the

county election board or its secretary shall be performed by the

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municipal authority designated by the municipal governing body and

nothing herein shall be construed to require the county election

board to perform any such duties. The residency requirements of

Sections 16-109 and 16-110 of this title shall apply to all

municipalities except to the extent that such residency requirements

are governed by municipal charter.

B. The provisions of Sections 16-101 through 16-114 of this

title shall not apply to any municipality subject to the provisions

of the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act; provided, Section 16-103.1 of this

title shall apply to such municipalities.

C. In the event that a municipality governed by charter

schedules a regular or special election for a municipal office on

the same date as an election involving state or federal offices, the

provisions of subsection D of Section 3-101 of Title 26 of the

Oklahoma Statutes shall apply.

D. After January 1, 2016, no county election board shall be

required to conduct a regular or special election for any elective

municipal office in any municipality governed by charter unless the

resolution calling the election shall set a candidate filing period

of three (3) days to begin not more than twenty (20) days from the

date the resolution is required to be submitted to the county

election board. In no case shall a resolution calling a regular or

special election be submitted to the county election board less than

sixty (60) days preceding the election date.