Okla. Admin. Code § 195:2-1-2 - Nominations, petitions, and elections of Board members
(a)
Return of petitions. All
petitions for nomination of Board members to be placed on the ballots must be
returned personally or by certified mail to the Secretary of the
Board.
(b)
Balloting.
Balloting instructions and ballots will be mailed to members entitled to vote
at least thirty (30) days before the meeting of the Board, when ballots are to
be counted. A certain date, time limit for the ballots to be returned to the
Office of the Board will be included in the balloting instructions. Ballot
instructions and ballots will be mailed in plain Board envelopes with an
enclosed return envelope addressed to the Office of the Board. Ballots will be
numbered. A careful check of the record of membership, as of the date ballots
are mailed, will be made to verify that only those members entitled to vote
will receive a ballot. There will be no evidence of the members name on the
instructions for balloting or on the ballot. The Office of the Board will keep
no record of the member receiving the numbered ballot. The sealed envelopes
containing the ballots from the members will not be opened upon their return to
the Office of the Board. The seal on the envelopes containing the ballots will
be broken at the meeting of the Board, and the votes counted. Candidates whose
names appear on the ballots, and their representatives, will be invited to be
present when the seals are broken and the votes counted.
(c)
Counting of ballots. At the
time of counting the ballots, the one receiving the highest number of votes
cast will be declared the new Board Member from that district.
(d)
Votes. In case of a tie
vote, a new ballot will be printed and sent to the eligible members listing
only the names of those candidates who receive the highest number of
votes.
(e)
Oath of
office. A newly elected member of the Board must take the Oath of Office
before he is officially seated on the Board. The Oath will be administered by
the President as the first order of business of the new Board.
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