Filing for office.
Tulsa City Charter, art. VI, § 3.1
in effectSection 3.1. - Filing for office.
Any person who desires to be a candidate for a City office shall file with the Election Board of Tulsa County or its successor a Declaration of Candidacy which shall contain:
A. The name and residence street address of the person as it appears on the voter registration records;
B. The name of the office sought; and
C. A filing fee in the form of a cashier's check or certified check made payable to the City of Tulsa in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for candidates filing for the office of Mayor, Councilor or City Auditor; or, in lieu of the filing fee, a petition supporting a candidate's filing signed by at least three hundred (300) qualified electors from the City at large if the candidate seeks a City-wide office of such as Mayor or City Auditor or from the election district if the candidate seeks the office of Councilor from an election district.
NOTE: This Section was amended to read as above by an amendment voted November 8, 2011, and approved by the Governor on February 21, 2012. There were 18,772 votes in favor of the amendment and 13,491 votes against the amendment. The title to the amendment read:
Shall the Charter of the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, be amended to provide for the non-partisan election of City Officers?"
Prior to this amendment, this Section read as follows:
Section 3.1. Filing for office—Political parties.
Any person who desires to be nominated by a political party as its candidate for a City office shall file with the Election Board of Tulsa County or its successor a Declaration of Candidacy which shall contain:
A. The name and residence street address of the person as it appears on the voter registration records;
B. The name of the office sought;
C. The name of the political party of which the person desires to become the nominee, which shall be the political party to which the person belongs as shown on the voter registration records; and
D. A filing fee in the form of a cashier's check or certified check made payable to the City of Tulsa in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for candidates filing for the office of Mayor, Councilor or City Auditor; or, in lieu of the filing fee, a petition supporting a candidate's filing signed by at least three hundred (300) qualified electors from the City at large if the candidate seeks the office of Mayor or City Auditor or from the election district if the candidate seeks the office of Councilor from an election district.
NOTE: This Section was amended to read as above by an amendment voted March 10, 1998, and approved by the Governor on June 16, 1998. There were 50,460 votes in favor of the amendment and 20,232 votes against the amendment. The title to this amendment read:
Shall the existing charter of the City of Tulsa, as heretofore amended, be further amended to require candidates for elected City offices to either pay a filing fee or file an election petition in specified form, with provision for refund of filing fee in certain circumstances?
Prior to this amendment, this Section read as follows:
Section 3.1. Filing for office—political parties.
Any person who desires to be nominated by a political party as its candidate for a City office shall file with the Election Board of Tulsa County or its successor a Declaration of Candidacy which shall state:
A. The name and residence street address of the person as it appears on the voter registration records;
B. The name of the office sought; and
C. The name of the political party of which the person desires to become the nominee, which shall be the political party to which the person belongs as shown on the voter registration records.
Source: City of Tulsa, Revised Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/tulsa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_1989AMCH_ARTVIELQUOF_S3.1FIOFFetched: 10/28/2026