Oklahoma Code § 26-20-101

Title 26. Elections: Date of primary - Other elections prohibited
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A.  A Presidential Preferential Primary for recognized political
parties shall be held on the first Tuesday in March 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, as long as
the date is not before the first Tuesday in March.
C.  No county, municipality, school district or other entity
authorized by law to call elections shall schedule an election on
any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date
of any such Primary Election.  However, this subsection shall not
apply to home rule municipalities.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 4, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Amended by Laws
1990, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Laws 2003, c. 174, § 1,
eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2011, c. 145, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.

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