City of Tulsa filing opens

Candidates for municipal office in the City of Tulsa, filing for Auditor and 9 Council Districts, will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, July 11.

Patty Bryant, Secretary of the Tulsa County Election Board, said the filing period will end at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 13.

Declarations of Candidacy will be accepted at the Tulsa County Election Board located at 555 N. Denver, in Tulsa.

The City of Tulsa requires a $50.00 filing fee in the form of a cashier’s check or certified check made payable to the CITY OF TULSA for political party candidates filing for Councilor or City Auditor. In lieu of the filing fee, a candidate for Auditor may submit a petition supporting a candidate’s filing signed by at least three hundred (300) qualified electors (registered voters) from the City at large.   If the candidate seeks the office of Councilor, the candidate may submit a petition supporting the candidate’s filing signed by at least three hundred (300) qualified electors (registered voters) from the respective election district.

Independent candidates shall have their name placed on the ballot to be used in the City of Tulsa General Election by filing with the Election Board a Declaration of Candidacy and shall have attached a supporting petition which shall be signed by at least three hundred (300) qualified electors (registered voters) from the election district if the independent candidate seeks the office of Councilor, or from the City at large if the independent candidate seeks the office of City Auditor.

To be eligible to file as a candidate for the City Auditor or Councilor, a person shall be a qualified elector (registered voter) and resident of the City at the time of filing.  There is no 90 day voter registration/residency requirement for Councilor regarding the filing period following the City of Tulsa Council District redistricting, Bryant said.

The Primary Election for the City of Tulsa will be held September 13, 2011, and the General Election for the City of Tulsa will be held November 8, 2011.  Voters registered to vote in a political party may vote for their party nominee at large for the office of City Auditor and by election district for each of the nine councilor districts at the Primary Election.  All voters registered to vote in the City of Tulsa may vote for candidates advancing from the Primary to the General Election as well as Independent candidates for the office of City Auditor, but only voters registered to vote within each election district will vote for candidates advancing from the Primary to the General as well as Independent Candidates for the office of Councilor in Council Districts 1 through 9.

The City of Tulsa holds partisan Primary Elections.  Only registered democrat voters are allowed to vote in the City of Tulsa Democratic Primary, only registered republican voters are allowed to vote in the City of Tulsa Republican Primary.  Voters who are registered as independent will not vote until the City of Tulsa General Election scheduled for November 8, 2011.  The last day to register to vote or change voter registration information in order to participate in the City of Tulsa Primary Election is Friday, August 19, 2011.

CITY  OF TULSA OFFICES        TERM OF OFFICE
Auditor                                            2 year term

Council Districts 1, 4, and 7            1 year term
Council Districts 2, 5, and 8            2 year term
Council Districts 3, 6, and 9            3 year term

For more information regarding filing for office for the City of Tulsa including qualifications for City Auditor, visit the City of Tulsa website at www.cityoftulsa.org , City Charter, Article VI, Election and qualifications of officers.