5:02:08:27.  Form of petition for water project district director by division. The nominating petition for a director of a water project district by division shall be in the following form:

 

NOMINATING PETITION FOR WATER PROJECT DISTRICT DIRECTOR

BY DIVISION

NONPARTISAN ELECTION

 

          Only registered voters or owners of real property, or both, within the area to be represented by the candidate are eligible to sign this petition. (SDCL 46A-18-2.1)

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 Director Division _______________, of the  _________________________ Water Project District, nominate ___________________ of ______________ County, State of South Dakota, whose mailing address is ______________________________, __________________, SD _______, as a candidate for the office of water project district director for Director Division ___________________, of the ___________________ Water Project District in the annual election to be held on ____________, 20____.

______________________________________________________________________________

 

DECLARATION OF CANDIDATE

 

          I, ______________________ (print name here exactly as you want it on the ballot), under oath, declare that I am a qualified voter as defined in SDCL 46A-18-2.1 in the area that I will represent 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

 

          The balance of this petition form is prescribed in § 5:02:08:00.03.

 

          Source: 11 SDR 120, effective March 11, 1985; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 47 SDR 37, effective October 6, 2020.

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

          Law Implemented: SDCL 46A-18-25.