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South Dakota Regulations § 5:02:08:05 Certificate of nomination for Independent candidate

⤴ Up to Chapter 5:02:08: Petitions

Regulation Text

The certificate of nomination for an Independent candidate shall be in the following form:
CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE: The heading of this petition and the declaration of candidacy must be fully completed before the petition is circulated for signatures.
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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, nominate ________________ of ___________ County, whose mailing address is ____________________, SD _________, and whose principal residence address is _______________________, ____________, SD ______, as an Independent candidate for the office of (if a legislative candidate insert "State House of Representatives" or "State Senate") ____________________________ at the general election to be held November ____, 20____.
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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 and that if I am a legislative or county commission candidate I reside in the district from which I am a candidate. If 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 _________.
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Title of Officer Administering Oath
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The balance of this petition form is prescribed in § 5:02:08:00 .03.

History

2 SDR 46, effective 12/30/1975 ; 4 SDR 85, effective 6/14/1978 ; 6 SDR 25, effective 9/24/1979 ; 8 SDR 24, effective 9/16/1981 ; 16 SDR 20, effective 8/10/1989 ; 16 SDR 203, effective 5/28/1990 ; 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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