Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-68

A. There is hereby constituted a board of directors for the

free fair association.

B. 1. The board of directors shall be composed of nine (9)

members, who shall be by written ballot elected for a term of three

(3) years. Three members shall be elected annually, one from each

county commissioner's district of the counties, at a public meeting

or convention of the qualified electors of each commissioner's

district in the counties.

2. A qualified elector shall be a registered voter of the

county and may only vote for the board members from the district in

which the elector resides. The county commissioner holding the

election may request proof of residency and a voter registration

card of the county to qualify electors.

3. The board of county commissioners shall include in the

publication notice of the election the requirements to be a

qualified voter. Notice of the election shall be given by

publication in a newspaper published in each of the counties for ten

(10) days before the election. Notice of the filing period for the

election shall be given in a newspaper published in the county,

published one time at least ten (10) days before the filing period

for the election.

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C. The board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, set

forth the following conditions concerning the election:

1. The filing period shall consist of five (5) consecutive

business days and commence in January;

2. The date and time the filing period will commence and end;

3. The date, time and place of the election;

4. Only registered voters of the county are eligible to file as

a candidate;

5. Any person so filing must reside in the commissioner's

district or city they seek to represent;

6. Prospective candidates must file with the county clerk; and

7. The board of county commissioners shall prescribe a form to

be used by prospective candidates filing for the position of

director of the fair association board.

D. 1. The date of the election for the fair association board

of directors shall be no later than three (3) weeks from the date of

the final day of the filing period. If there is only one candidate

for any of the commissioners' districts, the commissioners may

cancel the election with notice being given by publication and

posting at least ten (10) days prior to the election date previously

established and the candidate shall be deemed to be elected.

2. In the event there is no candidate for the election to the

fair association board of directors, the county commissioners shall

appoint a director for each position for which no candidates have

filed by the close of the filing period. The appointment or

appointments will be announced no later than two (2) weeks from the

closing of the filing period.

3. When a director is unable to fulfill the term to which the

director has been elected to serve, for any reason, the board of

county commissioners shall appoint the successor.

E. 1. At the annual election there shall be elected one (1)

person from each commissioner's district who is a qualified elector

of the district. Each shall serve as a director of the association

for a term of three (3) years, and until a successor is elected or

appointed and qualified.

2. The commissioner or commissioner's designee shall preside at

the meeting and have the authority to appoint a secretary of the

meeting. The commissioner and secretary shall certify to the county

clerk of each of the counties the names of the directors elected,

and the county clerk shall keep a record thereof and shall issue to

each person elected a certificate of election.

F. When a tie vote occurs in the election of a fair association

board of directors, the commissioner or commissioner's designee

shall select the candidate by lot pursuant to the procedures set

forth in Section 8-105 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. 1. The directors so elected shall meet at the next
eep a record thereof and shall issue to

each person elected a certificate of election.

F. When a tie vote occurs in the election of a fair association

board of directors, the commissioner or commissioner's designee

shall select the candidate by lot pursuant to the procedures set

forth in Section 8-105 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. 1. The directors so elected shall meet at the next

regularly scheduled monthly meeting immediately following the

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elections at the regular meeting place of the counties for the

purpose of organization, and shall elect a president, a vice-

president, a secretary and a treasurer; provided, that the secretary

need not be a member of the board of directors.

2. The treasurer shall furnish a surety bond executed with a

qualified surety company doing business in this state, in such

amount as the directors of the board may determine to be necessary

to indemnify against any loss which may arise by reason of failure

to perform the necessary duties of the office or other misconduct in

office for which the director shall be held liable.

H. Meetings of the directors may be called by the president of

the board or fixed by the board at any time convenient. However,

the first election held under this section shall be on the first

Saturday of June, and the board so elected at the election shall

meet for organization purposes on the second Saturday of June of

such year.