12-6-3.1. Legislative candidates required to reside in district of candidacy.
Any candidate for office in the State Legislature shall be a resident of the district for which he is a candidate at the time he signs his declaration of candidacy as required by this chapter.
Source: SL 1990, ch 105, ยง1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06 - Primary Elections
Section 12-6-1 - Offices to which chapter applies.
Section 12-6-2 - Third-term gubernatorial nomination prohibited.
Section 12-6-3 - Candidacy for more than one office in same election prohibited--Exceptions.
Section 12-6-3.1 - Legislative candidates required to reside in district of candidacy.
Section 12-6-3.2 - Candidate required to register with party.
Section 12-6-4.1 - Earliest time for circulating petitions or certificates.
Section 12-6-5 - Form of nominating petition prescribed by state board.
Section 12-6-6 - Joint petitions for delegate candidates--Individual petitions otherwise required.
Section 12-6-7 - Nominating petitions--Several sheets--Signature requirements.
Section 12-6-8.1 - Withdrawal from primary election--Time and place of filing.
Section 12-6-9 - Unopposed candidate automatically nominated--Primary not held if no contest.
Section 12-6-14 - Form of official primary ballot prescribed by state board.
Section 12-6-26 - Qualifications of voters at primary--Party registration requirements.
Section 12-6-50 - Nomination by plurality at primary.
Section 12-6-51.3 - Certification of runoff candidates.
Section 12-6-52 - Party officials elected by plurality at primary.
Section 12-6-55 - Withdrawal by nominee--Time and place of filing.
Section 12-6-56 - Party committee--Party candidate vacancies.
Section 12-6-57 - Meeting of party committee to fill vacancies--Manner of voting.
Section 12-6-58 - Application of vacancy provisions to special congressional elections.
Section 12-6-64 - Liberal construction of primary election laws.