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Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-2-132: Disqualification as board member or precinct official

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 26

A. 1. No person shall serve as a secretary of a county

election board, or as a member or alternate member of a county

election board, or as a member of an absentee voting board, or as a

precinct official, at any election in which he or she is a candidate

for office, or is a deputy or regular employee of a candidate for

office.

2. Any person so disqualified shall resign the office or

position no later than ten (10) days following the close of the

filing period during which such candidacy was filed. In the event a

precinct election official or an absentee voting board member is so

disqualified, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county

election board to appoint a suitable replacement for the affected

election.

B. 1. No person shall serve as a precinct official at any

election in which he or she is related within the second degree by

either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the

ballot in the precinct.

2. No person shall serve on an absentee voting board at any

election in which he or she is related within the second degree by

either consanguinity or affinity to a candidate for office on the

ballot in the county.

3. In the event a person described herein is so disqualified,

it shall be the duty of the secretary of the county election board

to appoint a suitable replacement for the official for that

election.

C. No person shall serve as a member, alternate member or

secretary of a county election board at any election in which he or

she is related within the second degree by either consanguinity or

affinity to a candidate for office on the ballot in the county. In

the event a secretary of a county election board is so disqualified,

the Secretary of the State Election Board may designate a suitable

temporary replacement for that election.

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