Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-33: Districts - Nomination, appointment and retention of

Judges.

A. The state is hereby divided into five (5) Court of Criminal

Appeals Judicial Districts. From each of said districts candidates

for Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be nominated and

appointed in the manner provided by Article VII-B of the Oklahoma

Constitution. All Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals may seek

retention in office pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of

Article VII-B of the Oklahoma Constitution and each Judge shall be

voted for by the qualified voters of the state at large.

B. Beginning July 1, 2020, the boundaries of the Court of

Criminal Appeals Judicial Districts shall be the boundaries of the

five Oklahoma Congressional Districts as constituted on January 8,

2019, as follows:

1. The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 1 shall

embrace and include Congressional District No. 1;

2. The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 2 shall

embrace and include Congressional District No. 3;

3. The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 3 shall

embrace and include Congressional District No. 2;

4. The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 4 shall

embrace and include Congressional District No. 5; and

5. The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 5 shall

embrace and include Congressional District No. 4.

C. Each Judge in office on July 1, 2020, shall serve the term

for which the Judge was appointed or retained in office by retention

ballot and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified,

unless the Judge vacates the office prior to the end of his or her

term or is removed from office as provided by law. Any Judge in

office on July 1, 2020, shall be eligible for retention in the same

office for succeeding terms.

R.L. 1910, § 1761. Amended by Laws 1935, p. 28, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 2, 1935; Laws 1987, c. 185, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2019,

c. 154, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.