2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 22 - Contests
§ 12-22-29 Candidate's right to contest primary election--Filing of complaint--Circuit court jurisdiction.
12-22-29. Candidate's right to contest primary election--Filing of complaint--Circuit court jurisdiction. Any candidate for nomination to any elective office, or for election to any party position, whose name appears on the official primary election ballot of any political party may contest the primary election as to the office or position for which he was a candidate for nomination or election, by filing with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which his nominating petition was filed, a complaint in writing within ten days after the returns have been canvassed by the county canvassing board or boards, setting forth the grounds of his contest, which complaint shall be verified by the complainant. The complainant shall give security for all costs. Authority and jurisdiction are hereby vested in the circuit court to hear and determine such contests.
Source: SL 1937, ch 123; SDC 1939, ยง 16.0239.
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