A. No election conducted by the State Election Board, a county election board, or any municipality authorized to conduct elections in Oklahoma shall use ranked choice voting, ranked voting, proportional ranked voting, preferential voting, or instant runoff voting. B. As used in this section, "ranked choice voting", "ranked voting", "proportional ranked voting", and "preferential voting" shall mean any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a sequence from first, second, third, and onward on a ballot to determine a winning candidate. C. As used in this section, "instant runoff voting" shall mean any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a sequence from first, second, third, and onward to determine which candidates advance to a general election. D. Any existing or future ordinance enacted or adopted by a county, municipality, or any other local government entity which is in conflict with this section is void. Any election for any public office in this state conducted under a voting system prohibited by this section is void. E. The Secretary of the State Election Board, or the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives jointly, shall have the authority to bring a civil action in an appropriate court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out this section.
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