{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-1-112","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 26-1-112","heading":"Ranked choice voting prohibited","body":"A. No election conducted by the State Election Board, a county\n\nelection board, or any municipality authorized to conduct elections\n\nin Oklahoma shall use ranked choice voting, ranked voting,\n\nproportional ranked voting, preferential voting, or instant runoff\n\nvoting.\n\nB. As used in this section, \"ranked choice voting\", \"ranked\n\nvoting\", \"proportional ranked voting\", and \"preferential voting\"\n\nshall mean any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a\n\nsequence from first, second, third, and onward on a ballot to\n\ndetermine a winning candidate.\n\nC. As used in this section, \"instant runoff voting\" shall mean\n\nany voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a sequence\n\nfrom first, second, third, and onward to determine which candidates\n\nadvance to a general election.\n\nD. Any existing or future ordinance enacted or adopted by a\n\ncounty, municipality, or any other local government entity which is\n\nin conflict with this section is void. Any election for any public\n\noffice in this state conducted under a voting system prohibited by\n\nthis section is void.\n\nE. The Secretary of the State Election Board, or the President\n\nPro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker of the\n\nOklahoma House of Representatives jointly, shall have the authority\n\nto bring a civil action in an appropriate court for such declaratory\n\nor injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 26"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os26.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f28487725423b5ae8695b9a5f8078e8646ed1bac44037062bc238517ec02f736","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-1-110","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-26-26-10-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}