Oklahoma State and Local Government

The Green Papers: State and Local Government

Oklahoma

Governor:	1	(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:	6	(1.38% of 435)
2002 Representatives:	5	(1.15% of 435)
2004 Electors:	7	(1.30% of 538)
1990 Census:	3,145,576	(1.26% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:	3,458,819	(1.23% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (2000):	2,233,602
Estimated Voting age population (2000):	2,531,000
Capital:	Oklahoma City

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States Alphabetically Current Oklahoma Statewide Office Holders


Official Name/Status All States
	The STATE of Oklahoma
	Organized as a Territory: 2 May 1890. 26 Stat. 81: previously, part of Indian Territory (Indian Territory itself had been organized by Act of Congress [4 Stat. 729] on 30 June 1834 from what had been the unorganized western portion of Arkansas Territory)
	Admitted to the Union as a State: 16 November 1907 upon Proclamation by President Theodore Roosevelt
	The 46th state.


Traditional Sections and Regions All States
	Section: SOUTH
	Region: Upper ["Border"] South
	Survey: Public Domain

Constitutions All States Links to State Constitutions

Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States): 16 June 1906 [34 Stat. 267: authorizing the formation of a State government with Admission thereafter (under the terms of this statute, the State of Oklahoma was to be created by a merger of the then-existing incorporated Oklahoma Territory with the then-also existing unincorporated Indian Territory)]

• 1st (1907--) [Adopted: 16 July 1907 Convention convened, 20 November 1906, Ratified: 17 September 1907 effective upon Admission, 16 November 1907]

Executive Branch All States

Chief Executive
	• GOVERNOR
Successor to a Vacancy
	• Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR]

Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide All States 2008 Office holders
	• Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
	• Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Treasurer: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Auditor and Inspector: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Commissioner of Labor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Insurance Commissioner: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Superintendent of Public Instruction: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Corporation Commissioner 1: 6 year term, Election Cycle: 1998, 2004
	• Corporation Commissioner 2: 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2006
	• Corporation Commissioner 3: 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2008

Legislative Branch All States

Legislature
	• LEGISLATURE

Upper House
	• Senate
Lower House
	• House of Representatives

Judicial Branch All States

Court of Last Resort
	• Supreme Court
	• Court of Criminal Appeals
Intermediate Appellate Court
	• Court of Civil Appeals

Local Government


PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION All States
	• County [Type: Strong, Executive and Legislative: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS]
	MINOR CIVIL DIVISION All States
		• township [Type: Vestigial, Executive and Legislative: no associated governmental structure]

Incorporated Municipalities All States

Statutory Election Information All States

General Election All States
	• Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years [OK Statutes 26-1-101]
Presidential Primary All States
	• (--2003) 2d Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years [OK Statutes 26-20-101]
	• (2003--) A. A Presidential Preferential Primary for recognized political parties shall be held on the first Tuesday in February in each of the years in which the President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected. B. If one or more states having a mutual boundary with this state establish a single date for a regional primary, the State Election Board is authorized to change the date of the Oklahoma primary to the date established for the regional primary [OK Statutes 26-20-101]
State Primary All States
	• (--2003) 4th Tuesday in August of even-numbered years [OK Statutes 26-1-102] (if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the State Primary: Runoff-- 3d Tuesday in September following State Primary [OK Statutes 26-1-103])
	• (2007--) A Primary Election shall be held on the last Tuesday in July of each even-numbered year... [OK Statutes 26-1-102] If ... no candidate ... receives a majority ... the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes ... shall be placed on the ... ballot ... at a Runoff Primary Election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of August ... [OK Statutes 26-1-103])
Polling times All States
	• Polls open: 7 AM local time Polls close: 7 PM local time (OK Statutes 26-7-104[A])

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution
	• http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/index.html
Election Authority
	• Oklahoma State Election Board
Legislature
	• Oklahoma Legislature
	• Oklahoma State House of Representatives
	• Oklahoma State Senate
	• Oklahoma State Senate Democrats
Democratic
	• Oklahoma Democratic Party
Republican
	• Oklahoma Republican Party
	• Oklahoma's Republican State Senate Caucus
Third Party
	• Constitution Party of Oklahoma
	• Constitution Party of Oklahoma
	• Green Party of Oklahoma
	• Oklahoma Libertarian Party
	• Oklahomans for Life
Media & others
	• Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
	• Claremore Daily Progress
	• DC's Political Report - Oklahoma
	• Hugo Daily News
	• KOCO TV - ABC - Oklahoma City
	• KOTV TV - CBS - Tulsa
	• KRMG AM - Tulsa
	• KSWO TV - ABC - Lawton
	• McAlester News Capital & Democrat
	• Native American Times - Tulsa
	• NewsLink.org - Oklahoma Newspapers
	• OBAR: Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform
	• Oklahoma Insider
	• Oologah Lake Leader
	• Politics1.com - Oklahoma
	• Stillwater NewsPress
	• Sulphur Times-Democrat
	• The Daily Ardmoreite - Ardmore
	• The Edmond Sun
	• The Miami News-Record
	• The Norman Transcript
	• The Oklahoma Constitution
	• The Oklahoman - NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City
	• The Ponca City News
	• The Shawnee News-Star
	• The Weatherford Daily News
	• Tulsa Beacon
	• Tulsa World