13-7-6. Filing of candidate's nominating petition--Formal declaration of candidacy--Contents, circulation, and verification of nominating petition.
No candidate for elective school board membership may be nominated unless such person is a resident voter of the school district and unless a nominating petition has been filed on such person's behalf with the business manager of the school district. The nominating petition shall be filed no later than five p.m. on the Friday thirty-nine days before the date of the election. The petition is considered filed if it is mailed by registered mail by five p.m. on the Friday thirty-nine days before the election. A formal declaration of a candidate shall be signed by the candidate before the circulation of the petition. The petition shall be signed by not less than twenty voters of the school district or if the school district is divided into school board representation areas, the petition shall be signed by not less than twenty voters who reside within the school board representation area. No petition may be circulated until ten weeks prior to the election. There shall be added by either the signer or the circulator the signer's place of residence and date of signing. The petition shall be verified under oath by the person circulating it. The filing of the nominating petition shall constitute nomination and will entitle the candidate to have the candidate's name placed on the ballot for the term the candidate specifies on the petition only upon verification signed by the business manager that the nominating petition contains the minimum number of signatures and that the candidate is a resident voter.
Source: SDC 1939, §15.2510; SL 1947, ch 67; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 9, §10; SL 1957, ch 64, §2; SL 1959, ch 64; SDC Supp 1960, §15.2310; SL 1968, ch 47, §1; SL 1975, ch 128, §33; SL 1979, ch 113, §2; SL 1981, ch 129, §1; SL 1985, ch 119, §2; SL 1995, ch 90, §2; SL 1996, ch 103, §1; SL 2004, ch 75, §7; SL 2007, ch 89, §2, eff. Feb. 15, 2007; SL 2009, ch 69, §11; SL 2010, ch 74, §24; SL 2015, ch 77, §16 rejected Nov. 8, 2016.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 07 - School District Elections
Section 13-7-3 - Public offices incompatible with board membership.
Section 13-7-4 - Registration of voters--Notice of registration.
Section 13-7-5 - Publication of notice of vacancies on school board--Newly created school districts.
Section 13-7-6.1 - Option to adopt campaign finance law.
Section 13-7-6.2 - Candidate's nominating petition in newly created school district.
Section 13-7-7 - Withdrawal by candidate for board membership.
Section 13-7-8 - Publication of notice of election--Contents--Facsimile of ballot.
Section 13-7-8.1 - Notice of special election.
Section 13-7-9 - Election not held if no contest or question--Certificates of election.
Section 13-7-9.1 - Death or withdrawal of candidate resulting in no contest.
Section 13-7-10.2 - Notices and nomination procedure for certain joint elections.
Section 13-7-10.3 - Joint school board and primary elections.
Section 13-7-10.4 - Notices and nomination procedure for joint board and primary elections.
Section 13-7-11 - Voting precincts and polling places.
Section 13-7-12 - Precinct superintendents and precinct deputies of school elections--Compensation.
Section 13-7-13 - Ballots and election supplies--Form and content of ballots--Absentee ballots.
Section 13-7-14 - Absentee voting in school elections.
Section 13-7-18 - Canvass of election results--Certificates of election--Certification of results.
Section 13-7-19.1 - Tie vote--Recount procedure--Resolution by lot.
Section 13-7-19.4 - Compensation of recount board.
Section 13-7-27 - Definitions.
Section 13-7-30 - Information regarding school elections to be provided in school board minutes.