Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-20-104

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Certification of candidates - Allocation of delegates -

Official statutory text

Future primaries - Delegate voting.

A. Upon the completion of the state canvass of the results of

the Presidential Preferential Primary, the Secretary of the State

Election Board shall certify to the state chairman of each political

party which has candidates participating in the primary:

1. the names of the party's candidates and the votes each

received, by congressional district as well as statewide; and

2. the total of the votes cast in the political party, by

congressional district as well as statewide.

B. Each candidate shall be awarded delegates by congressional

districts proportionately, by the ratio of votes they received to

the total vote cast in said congressional district; provided

however, no delegates shall be awarded to any candidate receiving

less than fifteen percent (15%) of the vote, and such votes shall be

allocated among the other candidates in proportion to their total

vote. If no candidate receives fifteen percent (15%) or more of the

vote, then the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in

that district shall be awarded all the delegates from that district.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 26. Elections Page 192

C. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes statewide

shall be awarded all delegate votes authorized by the National

Committee of the political party which are selected as the at-large

delegates at the state convention of said party.

D. Votes shall be allocated on a basis of not less than one-

half (1/2) delegate vote or the minimum allowed by the national

party rules.

E. Each political party shall then select, by a method to be

determined by the party, as many delegates to the national party

convention as are allotted it by the national committee of that

party.

F. No later than 5:00 p.m. on the tenth day of January, 1988,

and each year thereafter in which the President and Vice President

of the United States are to be elected, the Attorney General shall

submit to the Secretary of the State Election Board notice of the

manner in which results of the next following Presidential

Preferential Primary are to be certified and to whom said results

are to be certified. The State Election Board shall certify results

according to the manner prescribed in the notice. The Attorney

General shall be required to provide said notice in such a way as to

be consistent with the methods required by the recognized political

parties relative to selection of delegates to their national

conventions.

G. Each delegate or alternate delegate to the national

convention of his political party shall cast their vote on all

ballots for the candidate who received this state's vote. If that

candidate is for any reason no longer a candidate, the votes of the

Oklahoma delegation shall be cast for any candidate of their choice.

H. If the political parties involved in the primary elections will

not accept the minimum threshold or other provisions of this

section, or have a different method of allocating the votes of all

candidates falling below such threshold, either as to the

congressional districts or statewide vote, then these matters may be

governed by the respective political parties involved.

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