WITHDRAWAL OF
CANDIDACY.....Any candidate may withdraw
his candidacy only by filing written notice of withdrawal no later than 5 p.m.
on Friday
following the close of the filing period.
WITHDRAWAL FROM RUNOFF
PRIMARY.....A candidate may withdraw from
the Runoff Primary Election only by doing so before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, following the date of the
Primary Election.
WITHDRAWAL FROM GENERAL
ELECTION.....A candidate in the General
Election may withdraw his candidacy upon filing a written notice of withdrawal
no later that 5:00 p.m. on Friday following the date of the Runoff Primary
Election.
FORM OF WITHDRAWAL.....The written notice shall state, "I
(Name), hereby withdraw as a candidate for (Office)." The
notice shall be signed, dated and notarized by a Notary Public. A
form is available at the Rogers County Election Board. Any
candidate who withdraws his candidacy forfeits his/her filing
fee.
CONTEST OF
CANDIDACY.....Must be filed by 5 p.m.
Friday following the close of the filing
period.
DEPOSIT REQUIRED..... A contest of candidacy petition must be
accompanied by a deposit of $250.00, which must be either a
certified check or cashier's check.
Primary Election.....The order in which the name of each
candidate for each county office shall appear on absentee ballots
is determined by lot draw on Friday following the filing period at 5:00 p.m. at the
county election board.
Runoff Election.....The name of the candidate who received the
highest number of votes in the Primary Election shall appear
first on the absentee ballots.
On all Primary and Runoff Primary Election regular ballots, the
names of the candidates for each office shall be rotated in such
a manner that all candidate's names appear in each position of
said ballots an equal number of times.