<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-12 - NOTICE OF ELECTIONS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7c857e6cf32c4fe89b8516529692f588Normal { text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s7c857e6cf32c4fe89b8516529692f588HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7c857e6cf32c4fe89b8516529692f588DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7c857e6cf32c4fe89b8516529692f588HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; 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margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2080462000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080462DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080462SCL { 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="s2080462Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-12-1"><span class="s2080462SENU">12-12-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080462SENU">. </span><span class="s2080462CL">Notice of offices to be filled--Publication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080462Statute"><span class="s2080462DefaultParagraphFont">The county auditor charged with the conduct of a primary election shall give notice of any office to be filled by nomination or by declaration and the deadline for filing in all official newspapers in the appropriate district, at least once each week for two consecutive weeks, between the fifteenth and thirtieth day of January in an even-numbered year. A local election official charged with the conduct of a local election shall give notice of any office to be filled by nomination or by declaration and the deadline for filing a nominating petition, in all official newspapers in the locality, at least once each week for two consecutive weeks. The last publication in the notice may not be less than ten nor more than fifteen days before the deadline for filing. The provisions of this section apply unless otherwise provided by law specifically governing the election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080462Statute-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080462DefaultParagraphFont">The person in charge of the election shall give further notice of each election stating the date and time of the election, and designating each polling place for the election, in all official newspapers at least once each week for two consecutive weeks, the last publication to be not less than four nor more than ten days before the election. For any runoff election under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-6-51.1"><span class="s2080462DefaultParagraphFont">12-6-51.1</span></a><span class="s2080462DefaultParagraphFont">, one notice shall be published along with a copy of the ballot in each newspaper in the state that publishes on Saturday and Sunday. The secretary of state shall direct the newspapers to publish the ballot and notice on the eleventh or twelfth day after the primary election. The secretary of state shall pay all costs of publication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080462Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080462000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080462Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080462DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s2080462SCL">SDC 1939, §§ 16.0213, 16.0901; SL 1955, ch 54, §§ 2, 4; SL 1963, ch 107, § 2; SDCL § 12-6-10; SL 1968, ch 75; SL 1971, ch 85; SL 1972, ch 81, §§ 3, 4; SL 1973, ch 77, § 1; SL 1979, ch 100, § 1; SL 1982, ch 28, § 43; SL 1985, ch 110, § 1D; SL 1995, ch 83; SL 1997, ch 79, § 1; SL 2019, ch 73, § 2; SL 2020, ch 44, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-12 - NOTICE OF ELECTIONS12-12-2 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 12-12-2 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 12-12-2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 12-12-2 to 12-12-4. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1973, ch 77, &#167;&nbsp;2.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-12 - NOTICE OF ELECTIONS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2040681Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2040681SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040681CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040681Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2040681DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040681000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040681SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040681SCL-000002 { 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="s2040681Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-12-5"><span class="s2040681SENU">12-12-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040681SENU">. </span><span class="s2040681CL">Notice of vacancy for an unexpired term--Publication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040681Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040681DefaultParagraphFont">If a vacancy for an unexpired term is to be filled by an election pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-4-6"><span class="s2040681DefaultParagraphFont">3-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040681DefaultParagraphFont"> and the vacancy occurs after the first notice of filing deadline is published pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-12-1"><span class="s2040681DefaultParagraphFont">12-12-1</span></a><span class="s2040681DefaultParagraphFont">, the county auditor shall give notice of the vacancy to be filled in each official newspaper at least once each week for two consecutive weeks. The first notice of vacancy shall be published in the week following the occurrence of the vacancy. The notice of vacancy shall include the deadline for filing partisan nominating petitions, if not yet passed, and the deadline for filing independent nominating petitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040681Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040681000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040681Normal"><span class="s2040681SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040681SCL-000002"> SL 2009, ch 69, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-12 - NOTICE OF ELECTIONS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 12-12-6 - Official list of candidates--Maintenance--Updates--Information required--Availability."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 12-12-6 - Official list of candidates--Maintenance--Updates--Information required--Availability."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-12-6"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-12-6" rel="noopener"><span class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5SENU">12-12-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5SENU">. </span><span class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5CL">Official list of candidates--Maintenance--Updates--Information required--Availability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5Statute"><span class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5DefaultParagraphFont">The secretary of state shall maintain a list of candidates approved to appear on the ballot in a statewide primary, general, or special election. The list must be updated as new candidates are approved, withdrawn, or otherwise removed from the ballot. The list must provide the candidate's name, address, county, and, if applicable to the office sought, the candidate's legislative district and political party. The list of candidates must be open to public inspection and available on the official website of the secretary of state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sa0a864361af44d998a1fc2cc22120ae5SCL">SL 2023, ch 47, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>