<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 8-3-1.1 - Authority to require nominating petition. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2035942Normal { 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.s2035942SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035942CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2035942Normal-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.s2035942DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035942000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035942SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035942SCL-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="s2035942Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=8-3-1.1"><span class="s2035942SENU">8-3-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035942SENU">. </span><span class="s2035942CL">Authority to require nominating petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035942Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035942DefaultParagraphFont">The board of supervisors of a township may, by ordinance, require a candidate for township office to file a nominating petition pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=8-3-1.2"><span class="s2035942DefaultParagraphFont">8-3-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035942DefaultParagraphFont">. If a township has fifty or more registered voters, ten percent or more of the registered voters may file a petition, by October first, requesting that nomination petitions be filed by all candidates for township office. If such petition is filed, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution requiring each candidate for township office to file a nominating petition pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=8-3-1.2"><span class="s2035942DefaultParagraphFont">8-3-1.2</span></a><span class="s2035942DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035942Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035942000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035942Normal"><span class="s2035942SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035942SCL-000002"> SL 1990, ch 56, § 1; SL 1998, ch 43, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>