5:02:08:36. Form of petition for conservation district supervisor -- Nonpartisan election. The nominating petition for conservation district supervisor must be in the following form:
NONPOLITICAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT PETITION
CONSERVATION DISTRICT SUPERVISOR
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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 registered voters of ______________________________ Conservation District in _______________________ County(ies), South Dakota, nominate ________________________________ of _____________ County, State of South Dakota, whose mailing address is ______________________________, __________________, SD _______, as a candidate for the office of Conservation District Supervisor, for ______ "a four" ______ "the remaining two years of a four" (place check mark (ü) in front of the correct option) year term, within the ___________________ Conservation District at the general election to be held on 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 registered to vote in ___________________ County, and that I am eligible to seek the office for which I am a candidate. If nominated and elected, I will qualify and serve as Conservation District Supervisor.
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Sworn to before me this _____ day of __________________, 20______.
(Seal) ________________________________
Signature of Officer Administering Oath
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Title of Officer Administering Oath
My commission expires __________.
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The balance of this petition form is prescribed in § 5:02:08:00.03.
Source: 20 SDR 4, effective July 19, 1993; 27 SDR 146, effective July 9, 2001; 44 SDR 94, effective December 4, 2017; 47 SDR 37, effective October 6, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9(7).
Law Implemented: SDCL 38-8-39.