To file as a candidate for the House of Representatives in any House district, a person must have been a registered voter in such district and a resident residing within such district for the six- month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law. Except, however, to file as a candidate
for the House of Representatives in any House district in 2022, a person must have been a registered voter and a resident residing in such district no later than December 31, 2021. Any member of the House of Representatives whose district has been changed by redistricting may change residence with the intent of becoming qualified to seek reelection in such district in the first election applicable to such district following redistricting without thereby being deemed to have vacated his or her existing office. Added by Laws 1967, c. 142, § 3, emerg. eff. April 27, 1967. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 133, § 2; Laws 1973, c. 40, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1973; Laws 1981, c. 178, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1981; Laws 2001, c. 264, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 53, § 2, emerg. eff. April 1, 2004; Laws 2021, c. 479, § 5; Laws 2021, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 5, emerg. eff. Nov. 22, 2021.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 1972–1978 · leading case:
Draper v. Phelps, 351 F. Supp. 677 (W.D. Okla. 1972).
Draper v. Phelps, 351 F. Supp. 677 (W.D. Okla. 1972).
· cites it 22× “14 O.S. § 108. Each Plaintiff herein had not been "a qualified registered elector" in the representative district for which he filed his notification and declaration of candidacy for the office of state representative for a period of "at least six (6) months preceding the filing…”
Fleak v. Allman, 420 F. Supp. 822 (W.D. Okla. 1976).
· cites it 4× “In pertinent part, that Order read: “14 O.S.Supp.1975 § 108 2 is valid and not violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Hendrix v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma State Elec. Bd., 554 P.2d 770 (Okla. 1976).
· cites it 2× “In each case, the State Election Board, respondent herein, determined after hearing that the petitioners had not met the requirements of 14 O.S.1971, § 108, as amended in 1973, and ordered the declaration of candidacy stricken.”
Box v. State Election Bd. of Oklahoma, 526 P.2d 936 (Okla. 1974).
· cites it 2× “Shortly thereafter Kenneth Nance, who also had filed for that office and is now an interve-nor in this action, filed a protest to Box’s candidacy upon the basis that Box did not qualify according to 14 O.S.1971 § 108 in that he was not, for the six month period immediately…”
Mathews v. State Election Bd., 582 P.2d 1318 (Okla. 1978).
· cites it 3× “Draper upheld the validity of durational residency requirements of a candidate in *1321 Oklahoma for the House of Representatives, as provided in 14 O.S.1971, § 108, which reads: “In order to file as a candidate for the House of Representatives in any of the representative…”
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