Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-2-132
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Disqualification as board member or precinct official
Official statutory text
A. 1. No person shall serve as a secretary of a county
election board, or as a member or alternate member of a county
election board, or as a member of an absentee voting board, or as a
precinct official, at any election in which he or she is a candidate
for office, or is a deputy or regular employee of a candidate for
office.
2. Any person so disqualified shall resign the office or
position no later than ten (10) days following the close of the
filing period during which such candidacy was filed. In the event a
precinct election official or an absentee voting board member is so
disqualified, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county
election board to appoint a suitable replacement for the affected
election.
B. 1. No person shall serve as a precinct official at any
election in which he or she is related within the second degree by
either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the
ballot in the precinct.
2. No person shall serve on an absentee voting board at any
election in which he or she is related within the second degree by
either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the
ballot in the county.
3. In the event a person described herein is so disqualified,
it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county election board
to appoint a suitable replacement for the official for that
election.
C. No person shall serve as a member, alternate member or
secretary of a county election board at any election in which he or
she is related within the second degree by either consanguinity or
affinity to a candidate for office on the ballot in the county. In
the event a secretary of a county election board is so disqualified,
the Secretary of the State Election Board may designate a suitable
temporary replacement for that election.
election board, or as a member or alternate member of a county
election board, or as a member of an absentee voting board, or as a
precinct official, at any election in which he or she is a candidate
for office, or is a deputy or regular employee of a candidate for
office.
2. Any person so disqualified shall resign the office or
position no later than ten (10) days following the close of the
filing period during which such candidacy was filed. In the event a
precinct election official or an absentee voting board member is so
disqualified, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county
election board to appoint a suitable replacement for the affected
election.
B. 1. No person shall serve as a precinct official at any
election in which he or she is related within the second degree by
either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the
ballot in the precinct.
2. No person shall serve on an absentee voting board at any
election in which he or she is related within the second degree by
either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the
ballot in the county.
3. In the event a person described herein is so disqualified,
it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county election board
to appoint a suitable replacement for the official for that
election.
C. No person shall serve as a member, alternate member or
secretary of a county election board at any election in which he or
she is related within the second degree by either consanguinity or
affinity to a candidate for office on the ballot in the county. In
the event a secretary of a county election board is so disqualified,
the Secretary of the State Election Board may designate a suitable
temporary replacement for that election.
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