<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7d000003 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000004 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: center; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } p.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000005 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: right; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000006 { 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="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:04:18"><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000000">5:02:04:18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">.  Notice of statewide </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">runoff</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001"> election.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0"> The notice of the statewide </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">runoff</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0"> election shall be in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">NOTICE OF </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">RUNOFF</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001"> ELECTION</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000004"><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">    Because no candidate for __________________ received the required thirty-five percent of the vote in the primary election held on June _____, ____, a </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">runoff</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0"> election will be held on Tuesday, _____, ____, in each county in the state. The polling places will be the same as those used in the primary election, and the polls will be open from seven a.m. to seven p.m. _______________ </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">local</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0"> time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">    The candidates for nomination for _________________, as determined by the official state canvass, are</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000004"><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">__________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000004"><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">__________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">                                                            ________________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">                                                            Secretary of State, South Dakota</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">    </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0"> 12 SDR 43, effective September 23, 1985; 29 SDR 113, effective January 30, 2003; 40 SDR 40, effective September 9, 2013; 44 SDR 94, effective December 4, 2017</span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023</span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">    </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000006">12-1-9</span></a><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">    </span><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-6-51.1"><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000006">12-6-51.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-12-1"><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0-000006">12-12-1</span></a><span class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7e242e6d-a9c5-4b67-8d23-bb885c538e7d000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>