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{ color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:19:05"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000000">5:02:19:05</span></a><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000001">.  Candidate's petition for recount.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0"> A candidate's petition for recount </span><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0"> be in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000003"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000001">CANDIDATE'S PETITION FOR RECOUNT</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">    I, _____________________, candidate for the office of _____________________________, believe that a recount will change the result of the election held on the _____ day of __________, 20____, and I petition for a recount of all votes cast for this office in every precinct which has not previously been recounted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">    (Signed)_______________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA    )</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">                                    )    SS         VERIFICATION</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">COUNTY OF _____________        )</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">    I, ____________________, under oath, state that I read and signed the foregoing petition and know its contents and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the statement is true.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">                                                                (Signed)_______________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">Sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, 20____.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">(Seal)                                                                ______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">                                                                Officer Administering Oath</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">My Commission Expires _________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000005"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">                                                                Title of Officer Administering Oath</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">    </span><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0"> 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 42 SDR 15, effective August 11, 2015; 44 SDR 94, effective December 4, 2017</span><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025</span><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">    </span><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000006">12-1-9</span></a><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">    </span><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-21-10"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000006">12-21-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-21-11"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000006">12-21-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-21-12"><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0-000006">12-21-12</span></a><span class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f456396-9fe4-46d4-817b-42bc3f611162000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>