<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 12-5-1.4 - Nominating petitions of new party primary candidates. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2040552Normal { 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.s2040552SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040552CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040552Normal-000000 { 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.s2040552DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040552Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2040552000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040552SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040552SCL-000003 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2040552Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-5-1.4"><span class="s2040552SENU">12-5-1.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040552SENU">. </span><span class="s2040552CL">Nominating petitions of new party primary candidates.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040552Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040552DefaultParagraphFont">If a political party qualifies for the primary ballot under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-5-1"><span class="s2040552DefaultParagraphFont">12-5-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040552DefaultParagraphFont">, each candidate intending to participate in a primary election shall file a nominating petition pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-6-4"><span class="s2040552DefaultParagraphFont">12-6-4</span></a><span class="s2040552DefaultParagraphFont">. In each primary election following the qualification of a political party and prior to the next gubernatorial election, each:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040552Normal-000001"><span class="s2040552DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    State and federal candidate for that party shall file a petition bearing signatures of at least two hundred fifty registered voters in that party; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040552Normal-000001"><span class="s2040552DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Legislative and county candidate for that party shall file a petition bearing signatures of at least five registered voters in that party.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040552Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040552000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040552Normal"><span class="s2040552SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040552SCL-000003"> SL 1984, ch 107, § 1A; SL 1993, ch 109, § 2; SL 2007, ch 74, § 3; SL 2015, ch 77, § 24 rejected Nov. 8, 2016.</span></p></div></body></html>