12-6-57. Meeting of party committee to fill vacancies--Manner of voting.
To fill a vacancy for a party candidate to a:
(1)State office or as a presidential elector, the party State Central Committee chairman shall call a central committee meeting to fill the vacancy, and designate the time and place where the meeting shall be held;
(2)Multi-county legislative district, the party State Central Committee chairman shall call a meeting of affected county party central committee members to fill the vacancy, designate the time and place where the meeting shall be held, designate the person who will conduct the meeting, and notify all affected central committee members of this information;
(3)Single-county legislative district or county office, the county party central committee chairman shall call a meeting of the county party central committee to fill the vacancy and designate the time and place where the meeting shall be held.
Vacancies filled by State Central Committee shall be by unit representation, each county casting the number of votes cast in that county at the last general election for that party's candidate for Governor. All other vacancies shall be filled by a majority vote of the affected committee members present.
Source: SL 1929, ch 118, §56; SDC 1939, §16.0243; SL 1968, ch 77; SL 1991, ch 119, §2; SL 2021, ch 63, § 2.
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.