12-6-8. Time and manner of signing petition--Declaration of candidate--Verification--Signing for independent or nonpolitical candidate.
No person may sign the nominating petition of a candidate before January first in the year in which the election is to be held, nor for whom the person is not entitled to vote, nor for a political candidate of a party of which the person is not a member, nor for more than the number of candidates required to be nominated for the same office. The signer or circulator shall add the signer's place of residence and the date of signing. The signer's post office box number may be given in lieu of a street address if the signer lives within a municipality of the second or third class. A formal declaration of the candidate shall be signed by the candidate before the circulation of petitions. The signed declaration of the candidate shall accompany and be a part of the petition. An original signed declaration shall accompany the group of petitions upon filing. The petition shall be verified under oath by the persons circulating the petition. The verification by the person circulating the petition may not be notarized by the candidate whom the petition is nominating. A nominating petition for any election shall be a self-contained sheet of paper in order to have the candidate's name placed on the ballot. The provisions of this section may not prohibit a person registered with party affiliation from signing either a petition nominating an independent or a nonpolitical candidate for office if the person has not previously signed a petition for that office to be filled.
Source: SL 1929, ch 118, §4; SL 1931, ch 145; SDC 1939, §16.0210; SL 1939, ch 75; SL 1957, ch 83, §1; SL 1961, ch 93, §1; SL 1973, ch 74, §7; SL 1976, ch 105, §18; SL 1978, ch 97, §1; SL 1992, ch 110, §1; SL 2013, ch 63, §3; SL 2015, ch 77, §7 rejected Nov. 8, 2016; SL 2017, ch 69, §4.
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.