<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 12-6-4.1 - Earliest time for circulating petitions or certificates. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2040596Normal { 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.s2040596SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040596CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040596Normal-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.s2040596DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040596000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040596SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040596SCL-000002 { 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="s2040596Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-6-4.1"><span class="s2040596SENU">12-6-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040596SENU">. </span><span class="s2040596CL">Earliest time for circulating petitions or certificates.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040596Normal-000000"><span class="s2040596DefaultParagraphFont">No petition or certificate of nomination covered by this chapter may be circulated prior to the first day of January of the year in which the election will be held.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040596Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040596000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040596Normal"><span class="s2040596SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040596SCL-000002"> SL 1977, ch 108, § 5; SL 2015, ch 77, § 4 rejected Nov. 8, 2016.</span></p></div></body></html>