APRIL 2025 | 41 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL in Congressional Districts 3 and 4 become informed on the candidates and cast their votes. The framers of the constitutional amendment entrusted to the lawyers the responsibility of electing qualified people to serve on the commission. Lawyers in Congressional Districts 3 and 4 are encouraged to fulfill their responsibility by voting. OBA PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE ELECTION OF LAWYER MEMBERS TO THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION 1. Article 7-B, Section 3, of the Oklahoma Constitution requires elections be held in each odd numbered year by Active members of the Oklahoma Bar Association to elect two members of the Judicial Nominating Commission for six-year terms from Congressional Districts as such districts existed at the date of adoption of Article 7-B of the Oklahoma Constitution (1967). 2. Ten (10) Active members of the Association, within the Congressional District from which a member of the Commission is to be elected, shall file with the Executive Director a signed petition (which may be in parts) nominating a candidate for the Commission; or, one or more County Bar Associations within said Congressional District may file with the Executive Director a nominating resolution nominating such a candidate for the Commission. 3. Nominating petitions must be received at the Bar Center by 5 p.m. on the third Friday in May. 4. All candidates shall be advised of their nominations, and unless they indicate they do not desire to serve on the Commission, their name shall be placed on the ballot. 5. If no candidates are nominated for any Congressional District, the Board of Governors shall select at least two candidates to stand for election to such office. 6. Under the supervision of the Executive Director, or her designee, ballots shall be mailed to every Active member of the Association in the respective Congressional District on the first Friday in June, and all ballots must be received at the Bar Center by 5 p.m. on the third Friday in June. 7. Under the supervision of the Executive Director, or her designee, the ballots shall be opened, tabulated and certified at 9 a.m. on the Monday following the third Friday of June. 8. If there are three or more candidates, the candidate who receives forty percent (40%) or
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