Okla. Admin. Code § 230:25-13-1.2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 230:25-13-1.2 - Order of political party candidates and symbols and Independent candidates on General Election ballots

(a) The candidates and symbols of political parties shall be placed on the General Election ballot in the order determined by a drawing conducted by the Secretary of the State Election Board. The drawing shall be conducted at a public meeting held no later than July 31 in each even-numbered year. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall announce the date, time and location of the drawing not less than ten days preceding the public meeting.

(b) The Secretary of the State Election Board shall provide written notice of the drawing to the state central committee of each recognized political party. Each recognized political party may designate one person to be its official representative at the drawing. The designation of the party's official representative shall be made in writing and shall be signed by two members of the party's state central committee.

(c) Presidential electors shall be placed on the General Election ballot in the following order.

(1) Presidential electors of each recognized political party shall be listed first on the ballot in the order determined by the drawing described in (d) of this Section.

(2) Uncommitted presidential electors, if any, shall be listed immediately following the electors of the recognized political parties. If there are two or more slates of uncommitted presidential electors, they shall be placed on the ballot in the order they were received by the Secretary of the State Election Board.

(3) Presidential electors for unrecognized political parties shall be listed after the electors of the recognized parties or after the uncommitted electors, if any. If there are electors for more than one unrecognized political party, the electors shall be placed on the ballot in the order determined by the drawing described in (d) of this Section.

(4) Presidential electors for Independent candidates for President shall be placed on the ballot following the electors for the recognized parties, uncommitted electors, if any, and the unrecognized party electors, if any. If there are two or more Independent candidates for President, the electors shall be placed on the ballot in the order determined by the drawing described in (d) of this Section.

(d) A drawing to determine the order of political parties and Independent candidates on the General Election ballot shall be conducted according to the following procedure.

(1) The names of the recognized political parties shall be printed on separate pieces of paper of equal size, shape, color, and thickness. The pieces of paper shall be prepared by the State Election Board staff in advance of the public meeting and shall be available when the meeting begins for examination by the designated party representatives.

(2) The papers each shall be folded in half so that the party names are not visible and placed inside a container.

(3) The Secretary of the State Election Board shall select one person to draw the pieces of paper from the container. The person selected to draw the papers shall not be either the designated representative of any recognized political party or a candidate for any federal or state office during the current year.

(4) The person selected shall draw one piece of paper from the container and shall announce the party name on the paper. The paper shall be displayed to each recognized party representative. The drawing shall continue until all the papers have been drawn and a ballot position has been assigned to each recognized political party.

(5) Steps 1 through 4 shall be repeated to determine the order for the presidential electors of unrecognized political parties and for Independent candidates for any federal or state office.

(e) The candidates and symbols of recognized political parties shall appear on all General Election ballots for all offices in the order determined by the drawing described in (d). The order determined by the drawing shall apply to all special elections for Congress, State Senate, State Representative, for all county offices, and for both regular and special partisan municipal elections. The order determined by the drawing shall remain in effect for all elections until the drawing is repeated in July of the next succeeding even-numbered year.

(f) If there are two or more Independent candidates for the same county office, a drawing shall be conducted by the Secretary of the County Election Board. The county drawing shall be conducted at the same time as the drawing for absentee ballot order for the Primary Election. See 230:25-11-1.

Okla. Admin. Code § 230:25-13-1.2

Added at 15 Ok Reg 2554, eff 7-1-98; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1493, eff 7-1-07