Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-184: Election of Commission members

A. The Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers, Incorporated, shall

call the original election of members to the Sheep and Wool

Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission. All

subsequent elections shall be called by the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool

Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission. All

producers who have paid a fee during the current year, as provided

in the Sheep and Wool Producers Act, shall be eligible to vote in

the election of members of the Commission, if no part of the fee has

been returned to the producer by the Commission. All sheep and wool

producers in the state, as defined by the Sheep and Wool Producers

Act, shall be eligible to vote in the election of the initial

members of the Commission. The election of subsequent at large

Commission members shall be by mail as provided in subsection E of

this section.

B. Within thirty (30) days after the establishment of the

Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development

Commission, the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers, Incorporated,

shall call meetings of the sheep and wool producers in each of the

districts established in Section 18-183 of this title, for the

purpose of electing members of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool

Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission. A producer

shall be entitled to vote for candidates for the Commission to

represent his or her respective district, the state at large and a

major purebred breed. It shall be the responsibility of the

producer to prove eligibility to vote.

C. Members of the Commission shall be elected as follows:

1. The members representing Districts I, IV and the state at

large for terms ending June 30, 1974;

2. The members representing Districts II and III for terms

ending June 30, 1975; and

3. The two members representing the major purebred breeds for

terms ending June 30, 1976.

As the terms of office of such members expire, their successors

shall be elected for terms of three (3) years as provided in this

section.

D. Each member shall hold office until the successor is elected

and has qualified. A member elected to fill a vacancy occurring

before the expiration of a term of a member separated from the

Commission for any cause shall be elected for the remainder of the

term of the member whose office has been so vacated.

E. 1. Ballots shall be published at the request of the

Commission in any market news service made available to Oklahoma

sheep and wool producers. Nominations for election to the

Commission for the three at large members shall be published in the

market news service in April of each year that a term of office for

a Commissioner expires or is vacated with a deadline for selecting

three of those nominated for the final runoff election. The names

of the three persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be

published in the market news service which is published in May.

Ballots for voting for the Commission member shall be published in

the market news service in June with a July 1st deadline for mailing

the ballots.

2. The ballots shall be counted by the president of the State

Board of Agriculture or designee selected from the Oklahoma sheep

and wool producers industry and the chairman of the Commission or

designee selected from the Commission. The Commission shall

promulgate rules for determining the outcome of a tie vote in the

election.

3. Nominations for the District members of the Commission shall

be made only from sheep and wool producers in that District.

Nominations for the members of the Commission to be elected at large

shall be made from sheep and wool producers statewide.