Oklahoma Attorneys General - Attorney General of Oklahoma, Drew Edmondson, Charles Nesbitt, Robert Harlan Henry, Susan B. Loving (Paperback)

Chapters: Attorney General of Oklahoma, Drew Edmondson, Charles Nesbitt, Robert Harlan Henry, Susan B. Loving. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Attorney General of Oklahoma is the State Attorney General for the state of Oklahoma. The Attorney General serves as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the State of Oklahoma. The Attorney General is responsible for advising the various agencies and departments of the executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch of the state government. The office is also responsible for the prosecution of offenses to Oklahoma State Statutes and advocate the basic rights of Oklahoman residents. The 16th and current Attorney General of Oklahoma is Drew Edmondson. Edmondson is currently serving a record-breaking fourth consecutive term in office, having been elected in 1994, and subsequently reelected in 1998, 2002, and 2006. As with all offices established by the Oklahoma Constitution in Article V, any person running for the office of Attorney General of Oklahoma must be citizen of the State of Oklahoma, at least thirty-one years of age and a resident of the United States for ten years. Elections for the Attorney General are held on a four year concurrent basis with the election of the Governor. After all votes are collected, the Legislature of Oklahoma shall convene in the hall of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of the House of Representatives announce the results of the elections in the presence of a majority of each branch of the Legislature. The persons having the highest number of votes for the office of the Attorney General shall be declared duly elected. However, in case two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for the office of Attorney General, the L...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=510878