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To qualify as a District or Associate District Judge in Oklahoma, candidates must have specific legal experience, residency requirements, and must be licensed attorneys. Additional qualifications may be prescribed by statute, and individuals with certain criminal convictions are barred from candidacy for 15 years post-sentence. Ballots for these judicial positions do not include party designations.

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To qualify as a District or Associate District Judge in Oklahoma, candidates must have specific legal experience, residency requirements, and must be licensed attorneys. Additional qualifications may be prescribed by statute, and individuals with certain criminal convictions are barred from candidacy for 15 years post-sentence. Ballots for these judicial positions do not include party designations.

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Oklahoma Candidate Qualifications

District Judge and Associate District Judge


Oklahoma Constitution, Article 7, Section 8[g]: “Each District Judge shall have
had prior to election or appointment, a minimum of four years' experience as a
licensed practicing attorney, or as a judge of a court of record, or both, within the
State of Oklahoma; shall be a qualified elector of the respective district; and shall
have such additional qualifications as may be prescribed by statute. Each Associate
District Judge shall be an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Oklahoma
and an elector in the County at the time of filing; and they shall have such additional
qualifications as prescribed by statute. Both District Judges and Associate District
Judges shall continue to be licensed attorneys while in office.”

Oklahoma Statutes, Title 20, Section 121.1: “No person shall be eligible for
appointment to, or for election to, the office of associate district judge unless he
has had a minimum of two (2) years of experience as a licensed practicing attorney,
or as a judge of a court of record, or a combination thereof, within the State of
Oklahoma. Provided that this section shall not apply to any person who held the
office of associate district judge on or before July 15, 1974.”

Oklahoma Statutes, Title 20, Section 92i: “To file as a candidate for the office of
district judge or associate district judge, one must have been a registered voter
and actual resident of the appropriate county for at least six (6) months prior to the
first day of the filing period. Should no one file for any such office, and should a
vacancy thereby created be filled by appointment according to law, there shall be no
such residency or durational registration requirement imposed on the appointee,
providing said appointee is otherwise qualified, nor shall any person appointed to fill
a vacancy in the office of district judge or associate district judge be required to
comply with such residency or durational registration requirement in becoming a
candidate for a full term following such appointment. No one who has been
removed from judicial office or who has resigned from office pending disciplinary
proceedings shall qualify to file as a candidate for judicial office.”

Oklahoma Statutes, Title 26, Section 11-108: “The ballots for retention of Justices of
the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the ballots for
Judges of the Court of Appeals, district judges and associate district judges shall
be without party designation.”

Oklahoma Statutes, Title 26, Section 5-105a: “A. A person who has been convicted
of a misdemeanor involving embezzlement or a felony under the laws of this state or
of the United States or who has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to such
misdemeanor involving embezzlement or felony or who has been convicted of a
crime in another state which would have been a misdemeanor involving
embezzlement or a felony under the laws of this state or has entered a plea of guilty
or nolo contendere to such crime shall not be eligible to be a candidate for or to be
elected to any state, county, municipal, judicial or school office or any other elective
office of any political subdivision of this state for a period of fifteen (15) years

Appendix A
following completion of his sentence or during the pendency of an appeal of such
conviction or plea.
“B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to preclude a person who
has received a pardon from being eligible for or from holding public office.”

Appendix A

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