2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 26. Elections
§26-2-106. State Election Board duties – Altering or amending election procedures.
A. The State Election Board shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law.
B. 1. No agency, board, or commission or other entity of state government, or officer of this state, or state employee, or a county election board, shall enter into a legal agreement, consent decree, or settlement of any kind which would alter or amend election procedures prescribed by the Legislature in statute. Any such agreement, consent decree or settlement entered into in violation of this subsection shall be void and unenforceable.
2. Neither the Governor nor any officer of the state nor any political subdivision of the state, nor any court created by the Oklahoma Constitution or by statute, shall amend or alter the election procedures prescribed by the Legislature in statute, except where specifically authorized by statute.
C. Either chamber of the Legislature, acting by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate or both such persons jointly, may intervene in any action, suit, or proceeding that challenges or attempts to modify election procedures prescribed by statute.
Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-106, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 303, § 1, emerg. eff. May 20, 2022.
