5:02:08:11.  Nominating petition for school board member. The nominating petition for school board member must be in the following form:

 

NOMINATING PETITION FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

_______________ SCHOOL DISTRICT # _____

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 ___________________________ school district number _________, state of South Dakota, nominate ______________________________ whose mailing address is ____________________, _______________, South Dakota, _______, and whose residence address is ____________________, ______________ South Dakota _______, for a ____-year term (in ____________________ representation area, if applicable) on the school board at the school board election to be held on the _____ day of __________, 20____.

 

DECLARATION OF CANDIDATE

 

          I, __________________________ (print name here exactly as you want it on the election ballot), under oath, declare that I reside in __________________ school district, number ____, South Dakota; that I am a registered voter of the district; and that I am eligible to seek the office for 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

(Insert here the instructions to signers and verification by the circulator portions of the petition form prescribed in § 5:02:08:00.03.)

          Source: 2 SDR 82, effective June 13, 1976; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 23 SDR 115, effective January 22, 1997; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 42 SDR 15, effective August 11, 2015; 47 SDR 37, effective October 6, 2020.

          General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9(7).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 12-1-2, 13-7-6, 13-7-13.