Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-13A-106
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Eligibility to be candidate for school board -
Official statutory text
Eligibility to vote.
A. To be eligible to be a candidate for member of the board of
education of a school district or technology center school district,
a person must have resided in the district or, if the board seat is
in an independent district, have resided in that district for at
least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period,
and have been a registered voter registered with the county election
board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of
the district for six (6) months preceding the first day of the
filing period. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person shall be eligible
to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the board of
education of a school district or technology center school district
unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma or
certificate of high school equivalency. In school districts that
are divided into election districts, a candidate must have resided
in the district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day
of the filing period and have been a registered voter registered
with the county election board at an address located within the
geographical boundaries of the election district for six (6) months
preceding the first day of the filing period. Beginning May 1,
1990, no person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected
to be a member of the board of education unless the person has been
awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high school
equivalency.
B. To be eligible to vote in a school district election or a
technology center school district election, a person must be
registered with the county election board at an address located
within the geographical boundaries of the district. To be eligible
to vote in an election district election within a school district, a
person must be registered with the county election board at an
address located within the geographical boundaries of the election
district.
A. To be eligible to be a candidate for member of the board of
education of a school district or technology center school district,
a person must have resided in the district or, if the board seat is
in an independent district, have resided in that district for at
least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period,
and have been a registered voter registered with the county election
board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of
the district for six (6) months preceding the first day of the
filing period. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person shall be eligible
to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the board of
education of a school district or technology center school district
unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma or
certificate of high school equivalency. In school districts that
are divided into election districts, a candidate must have resided
in the district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day
of the filing period and have been a registered voter registered
with the county election board at an address located within the
geographical boundaries of the election district for six (6) months
preceding the first day of the filing period. Beginning May 1,
1990, no person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected
to be a member of the board of education unless the person has been
awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high school
equivalency.
B. To be eligible to vote in a school district election or a
technology center school district election, a person must be
registered with the county election board at an address located
within the geographical boundaries of the district. To be eligible
to vote in an election district election within a school district, a
person must be registered with the county election board at an
address located within the geographical boundaries of the election
district.
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