Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1404.1
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Candidate for judicial office - Standards of conduct -
Official statutory text
Removal - Disqualification.
A person who is not a judicial officer but is a candidate for a
judicial office shall comply with the standards enumerated below,
and any violation of these standards shall constitute grounds for
the removal by the Court on the Judiciary of a person who is not a
judicial officer elected to a judicial office with or without
disqualification to hold a judicial office in the future.
1. Participation, while a candidate for judicial office, in any
partisan political activity. The term "partisan political activity"
as used in this paragraph shall not include attendance by a
candidate for a judicial office at a political gathering, upon
payment of a nominal admission fee, for the sole purpose of
campaigning in his own behalf for a judicial office.
2. Participation, while a candidate for a judicial office, in
any election campaign other than that for his own election to a
judicial office.
3. While a candidate for a judicial office, making publicly
known in his campaign material or speeches, or knowingly permitting
others to make publicly known, either directly or by implication,
his political party affiliation.
A person who is not a judicial officer but is a candidate for a
judicial office shall comply with the standards enumerated below,
and any violation of these standards shall constitute grounds for
the removal by the Court on the Judiciary of a person who is not a
judicial officer elected to a judicial office with or without
disqualification to hold a judicial office in the future.
1. Participation, while a candidate for judicial office, in any
partisan political activity. The term "partisan political activity"
as used in this paragraph shall not include attendance by a
candidate for a judicial office at a political gathering, upon
payment of a nominal admission fee, for the sole purpose of
campaigning in his own behalf for a judicial office.
2. Participation, while a candidate for a judicial office, in
any election campaign other than that for his own election to a
judicial office.
3. While a candidate for a judicial office, making publicly
known in his campaign material or speeches, or knowingly permitting
others to make publicly known, either directly or by implication,
his political party affiliation.
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