In Re the Protest Against the Tax Levy of Ardmore Independent School No. 19 for Fiscal Year 1997-1998

HODGES, Justice.

¶ 1 The questions presented in this appeal are (1) whether the Oklahoma Constitution or the Oklahoma statutes prohibit the calling of a second election on the question of a building-fund levy in the same year as a previous election at which the question of the levy failed, and (2) whether forty-five days is adequate notice of a special election held on the statutorily determined date for the annual runoff election when no runoff election is held. We answer the first question in the negative and the second question affirmatively.

I. FACTS

¶ 2 The facts are uncontested. On October…