# Opinion No. Ag

> Oklahoma Attorney General Reports · January 9, 1987

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3786667

## Case

- **Full name:** Representative Mike Lawter
- **Court:** Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
- **Decided:** January 9, 1987
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** MICHAEL C. TURPEN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OKLAHOMA
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

OPINION — AG — ** PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ACT — PROCEDURES — STATE ELECTION BOARD ** (1) THE OKLAHOMA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ACT (THE ACT) OF 1986, 26 O.S. 20 -101 [ 26-20-101 ] ET SEQ., IS CONSTITUTIONAL. (2) WHETHER THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY BE COMPELLED BY STATE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS TO ADHERE TO PROVISIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ACT IN CASES WHERE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH DULY ADOPTED RULES OR PROCEDURES OF THE NATIONAL OR LOCAL PARTY PRESENTS QUESTIONS OF FACT WHICH CANNOT BE ANSWERED IN AN OFFICIAL ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION. (3) THE LEGISLATURE HAS LAWFULLY REPOSED DISCRETION IN THE STATE ELECTION BOARD TO DETERMINE THE DATE UPON WHICH THE OKLAHOMA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY SHALL BE CONDUCTED. (ELECTION DATE, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, PARTY CONVENTIONS, AMEND 1, ASSOCIATIONAL RIGHTS, PRIMARY ELECTIONS) CITE: ARTICLE IV, SECTION 1, ARTICLE V, SECTION 36, 19 O.S. 381 [ 19-381 ], 26 O.S. 12 -018 [26-12-018], 26 O.S. 20 -101 [ 26-20-101 ], 26 O.S. 20 -104 [ 26-20-104 ](D), 26 O.S. 20 -104 [ 26-20-104 ](E), 26 O.S. 20 -104 [ 26-20-104 ](F), 26 O.S. 20 -104 [ 26-20-104 ](G) (JAMES B. FRANKS)

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