South Dakota § 12-6-4 - Petition to place candidate's name on primary ballot--Time and place of filing.
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§ 12-6-4. Petition to place candidate's name on primary ballot--Time and place of filing.
Except as otherwise provided by § 12-5-4 and chapter 12-9, a candidate for nomination or election to any office, other than a presidential election, may not have the candidate's name printed on the official primary election ballot of the candidate's political party, unless a petition has been filed on the candidate's behalf after December thirty-first, but before five p.m. local time on the third Tuesday of March before the date of the primary election.
A nominating petition must be filed:
(1) With the secretary of state, for:
(a) A legislative or judicial office; and
(b) Any office to be voted on by the voters of more than one county; and
(2) With the auditor of the county in which the individual is a candidate, for all county offices.
Source: SDC 1939, § 16.0210; SL 1939, ch 75; SL 1957, ch 83, § 1; SL 1961, ch 93, § 1; SL 1971, ch 84; SL 1973, ch 74, § 3; SL 1977, ch 108, § 1; SL 1986, ch 115, § 5; SL 1997, ch 75, § 6; SL 2007, ch 81, § 9; SL 2015, ch 77, § 1 rejected Nov. 8, 2016; SL 2017, ch 69, § 2; SL 2026, ch 35, § 5.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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