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South Dakota Regulations § 5:02:08:01 Form of nominating petition - Partisan election

⤴ Up to Chapter 5:02:08: Petitions

Regulation Text

Nominating petitions for a partisan election must be in the following form:
NOMINATING PETITION FOR PARTISAN ELECTION
_______________________ Party
_______________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE: The heading of this petition and the declaration of candidacy must be fully completed before the petition is circulated for signatures.
_______________________________________________
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED qualified voters of _________________________ (here insert the jurisdiction in which the office is sought: name of county, number of legislative district, or "state") of South Dakota and members of the ___________________ Party, nominate ________________________ of _______________ County, South Dakota, whose mailing address is __________________________, ________________________, SD _______, and whose principal residence address is _______________________, ____________, SD _______, as a candidate for the office of (if a legislative candidate insert "State House of Representatives" or "State Senate") ________________________________ at the primary election to be held June _____, 20__.
_______________________________________________
DECLARATION OF CANDIDATE
I, ____________________________ (print name here exactly as you want it on the election ballot), under oath, declare that I am eligible to seek the office for which I am a candidate, that I am registered to vote as a member of the ________________ party, and that if I am a legislative or county commission candidate I reside in the district from which I am a candidate. If nominated and elected, I will qualify and serve in that office.
(Signed) ________________________________
Sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, 20____.
(Seal) _______________________________
Signature of Officer Administering Oath
My commission expires _________.
________________________________ Title of Officer Administering Oath
_______________________________________________
The balance of this petition form is prescribed in § 5:02:08:00 .03.

History

2 SDR 5, effective 7/30/1975 ; 2 SDR 46, effective 12/30/1975 ; 5 SDR 31, effective 11/1/1978 ; 6 SDR 25, effective 9/24/1979 ; 8 SDR 24, effective 9/16/1981 ; 10 SDR 27, effective 9/26/1983 ; 16 SDR 20, effective 8/10/1989 ; 16 SDR 203, effective 5/28/1990 ; 25 SDR 8, effective 8/3/1998 ; 33 SDR 230, effective 7/1/2007 ; 35 SDR 48, effective 9/8/2008 ; 46 SDR 042 , effective 9/30/2019

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