5:02:08:13.  Nominating petition for municipal election. The nominating petition for a municipal election must be in the following form:

 

NOMINATING PETITION FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION

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 the municipality of ____________________ in the state of South Dakota, nominate _______________________ whose residence address is ____________________, _______________, South Dakota, _______ and whose mailing address is ____________________, _______________ South Dakota, _______ as a candidate for a _____-year term for the office of ______________ at the Municipal Election to be held on the _____ day of __________, ______.

 

DECLARATION OF CANDIDATE

 

          I, __________________ (print name here exactly as you want it on the election ballot) under oath, declare that I reside and am registered to vote in the municipality of __________________ 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. If I am an alderman candidate, I declare that I reside and am registered to vote in Ward ________.

 

(Signed)________________________________

 

Sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, ______.

 

(Seal)                                                                                     ________________________________

Signature of Officer Administering Oath

My commission expires _________.

                                                                                              ________________________________

                                                                                              Title of Officer Administering Oath

(Here insert instructions to voters and signature blanks prescribed in § 5:02:08:00.03.)

VERIFICATION BY PERSON CIRCULATING PETITION

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO CIRCULATOR: This section (bold) must (unbold) be completed following circulation and before filing.

Print name of the circulator              Residence Address                    City                             State

 

          I, under oath, state that I circulated the above nominating petition, that each signer personally signed this petition in my presence, that either the signer or I added the printed name, the residence address of the signer, the date of signing, and the county of voter registration, and that I attest the legality of the signatures and that each person signing this petition is a qualified voter of the municipality of _____________________.

 

                                                                                              ________________________________

                                                                                              Signature of Circulator

 

Sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, ______.

 

(Seal)

                                                                                               ________________________________

                                                                                              Signature of Officer Administering Oath

My Commission Expires _________

                                                                                              ________________________________

                                                                                              Title of Officer Administering Oath

 

          Source: 4 SDR 26, effective October 27, 1977; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 8 SDR 24, effective September 16, 1981; 12 SDR 43, effective September 23, 1985; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 25 SDR 8, effective August 3, 1998; 26 SDR 168, effective June 25, 2000; 29 SDR 177, effective July 2, 2003; 30 SDR 171, effective May 10, 2004; 42 SDR 15, effective August 11, 2015.

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

          Law Implemented: SDCL 9-13-7, 9-13-11.