13-7-9. Election not held if no contest or question--Certificates of election.

In school districts if only one nominating petition is filed for each board vacancy to be filled and if there are no other questions to be submitted to the voters, there shall be no election and the notices and publication provided in § 13-7-8 will not be necessary, but the business manager shall issue certificates of election to the nominees in the same manner as to successful candidates after election.

Source: SDC 1939, § 15.2509; SL 1951, ch 63, § 1; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 9, § 13; SL 1955, ch 44; SL 1957, ch 64, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2313; SL 1975, ch 128, § 36; SL 1979, ch 113, § 5.

13-7-9.1. Death or withdrawal of candidate resulting in no contest.

If death or withdrawal of a candidate or candidates at any time prior to forty-eight hours preceding the opening of the polls in any school district election occasions that there is no contest on the ballot, that ballot need not be voted and if it constitutes the only ballot to be voted upon, then the election may be canceled by the officer responsible for its conduct and the unopposed candidate issued certificate of election as though duly elected.

Source: SL 1971, ch 95.