Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.6

A. 1. Elections for the board of directors shall be conducted

under the procedures provided by this section.

2. A cotton grower eligible to vote in a particular district

who desires to be a candidate for the board of directors shall file

with the board a petition signed by five cotton growers from the

district board. The application shall be:

a. filed not later than thirty (30) days before the date

set for the election, and

b. on a form approved by the board.

3. On receipt of an application and verification that the

application meets the requirements of this section, an applicant's

name shall be placed on the ballot for the election of the board of

directors.

4. The election shall be preceded by at least forty-five (45)

days' notice published in one or more newspapers published and

distributed in the established election districts. The notice shall

be published not less than once a week for three (3) consecutive

weeks.

B. All cotton growers actively engaged in the production of

cotton in the year of the calling of an election or who were

actively engaged in production of cotton in any two (2) of the three

(3) years immediately preceding the calling of the election shall be

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entitled to vote in the election. The board shall determine

eligibility to vote.

C. The board shall establish an election process that shall

include but not be limited to provisions for determining:

a. who is a cotton grower eligible to vote in an

election,

b. whether a board member is elected by a plurality or a

majority of the votes cast, and

c. qualifications for membership of the board of

directors.

D. Eligible cotton growers may vote in any district in which

they produce cotton.

E. Ballots in an election may be mailed to a central location

or delivered in person to a location or locations designated by the

board.