Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-16-313
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Impossibility of determining winner - Special town
Official statutory text
meeting to fill contested office.
In the event, after a hearing is conducted pursuant to Section
11 or 12 of this act, it is deemed impossible to determine who
should be announced the winner, the judge shall notify the presiding
officer of the town meeting of the same. It shall then be the duty
of the presiding officer to call a special town meeting for the
purpose of filling the contested office, provided that any nominee
upon whom fraud has been proved shall not be a nominee in the new
election.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 107
In the event, after a hearing is conducted pursuant to Section
11 or 12 of this act, it is deemed impossible to determine who
should be announced the winner, the judge shall notify the presiding
officer of the town meeting of the same. It shall then be the duty
of the presiding officer to call a special town meeting for the
purpose of filling the contested office, provided that any nominee
upon whom fraud has been proved shall not be a nominee in the new
election.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 107
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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