Section 20-101 - Date of primary - Other elections prohibitedA. A Presidential Preferential Primary for recognized political parties shall be held on the first Tuesday in March in each of the years in which the President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected.B. If one or more states having a mutual boundary with this state establish a single date for a regional primary, the State Election Board is authorized to change the date of the Oklahoma primary to the date established for the regional primary, as long as the date is not before the first Tuesday in March.C. No county, municipality, school district or other entity authorized by law to call elections shall schedule an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date of any such Primary Election. However, this subsection shall not apply to home rule municipalities.Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 20-101
Added by Laws 1986, HB 1157, c. 4, § 1, eff. 11/1/1986; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 360, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/30/1990; Amended by Laws 2003 , SB 3, c. 174, § 1, eff. 11/1/2003; Amended by Laws 2011 , HB 1615, c. 196, § 17, eff. 11/1/2011 (repealed by Laws 2011 , SB 115, c. 340, § 22, eff. 11/1/2011); Amended by Laws 2011 , HB 1614, c. 145, § 1, eff. 11/1/2011.