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Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-13A-106: Eligibility to be candidate for school board -

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  2. Title 26

Eligibility to vote.

A. To be eligible to be a candidate for member of the board of

education of a school district or technology center school district,

a person must have resided in the district or, if the board seat is

in an independent district, have resided in that district for at

least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period,

and have been a registered voter registered with the county election

board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of

the district for six (6) months preceding the first day of the

filing period. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person shall be eligible

to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the board of

education of a school district or technology center school district

unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma or

certificate of high school equivalency. In school districts that

are divided into election districts, a candidate must have resided

in the district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day

of the filing period and have been a registered voter registered

with the county election board at an address located within the

geographical boundaries of the election district for six (6) months

preceding the first day of the filing period. Beginning May 1,

1990, no person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected

to be a member of the board of education unless the person has been

awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high school

equivalency.

B. To be eligible to vote in a school district election or a

technology center school district election, a person must be

registered with the county election board at an address located

within the geographical boundaries of the district. To be eligible

to vote in an election district election within a school district, a

person must be registered with the county election board at an

address located within the geographical boundaries of the election

district.

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