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HB 1017 revise the responsibility for supervising the...

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  1999
 

771C0078  
HOUSE BILL   NO.     1017  

        Introduced by: The Committee on Local Government at the request of the State Board of Elections  

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise the responsibility for supervising the arrangement on how the candidates' names are listed on the ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 12-16-8 be amended to read as follows:
     12-16-8.   When If there is more than one candidate seeking nomination or election for the same office in any column, the names of candidates for that office shall be arranged by lot, under the supervision of the county auditor, if such candidates can be voted for only in one county or district therein, and by the secretary of state in case such candidates can be voted for in more than one county. Such candidates shall have election official in whose office the candidates' nominations were filed. Each candidate has the right to be present or represented when such the arrangement is being determined.


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