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and members of the

who resides in

and whose postoffice address is

is a member of the

party, do hereby nominate voting precinct, in County South Dakota, and who party, for the office of

in said County, to be voted for at the primary to be held on the first Tuesday in May, 19, and we and each of us, for himself severally, do further declare that we intend to support the candidate named herein at said primary and vote the ticket in the following November election.

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Said nominating petition, before the same shall be filed in the office of the County Auditor must have affixed thereto the names of not less than two per cent nor more than five per cent of the voters of the party of which the petitioners are members cast in the County named at the preceding general election for Governor as shown by the official returns.

Subdivision 2.] The name of no candidate for United States Senator, Representative in Congress or Governor shall be printed upon the official ballot used at such primary unless at least thirty-five days prior to such primary a nominating petition shall have been filed in his behalf in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of South Dakota in substantially the form above specified.

Subdivision 3.] The name of no candidate for delegate to any State Convention shall be printed upon the official primary ballot used in such primary unless at least thirty days before such primary such candidates have been nominated by the County Central Committee and such nominations certified to the County Auditor by the Chairman and Secretary of the Party County Central Committee of such County in substantially the following form or petition as provided by this Act: We, the Chairman and Secretary of the

party in and for County, hereby certify that the following persons were duly nominated by the County Central Committee of the.. party in and for County as candidates for election as delegates to a Party State Convention to be held at Pierre on the third Tuesday in May, 19...

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Section 6. To each of the nominating petitions as provided in Subdivision 1 and 2 of Section 6 of this Act each petitioner shall affix his own signature, with pen and ink or indelible pencil and shall add after his name his postoffice address, voting precinct, County and date of signing and no petitioner shall sign more than one such petition. No petition shall be accepted and filed by the Secretary of State or County Auditor unless the same appears to have been signed within four months prior to the holding of the primary before which the person in whose behalf it is filed is to be a candidate. Separate papers with the proper headings may be bound together as one petition provided that the aggregate number of names upon such papers so bound together do not exceed the limit of names that may appear upon the petition and that each separate paper has been circulated for the same candidate and each such paper has appended thereto an affidavit in substantially the following form:

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

SS.

County of
I.

being duly sworn on oath state

that I am a qualified elector of the State of South Dakota and a legal resident of the County of ; that each of the per

sons whose names are affixed to the above paper signed the same personally and had thereto his postoffice, voting precinct and date of signing, and that he signed the same with a full knowledge of its contents and to the best of my knowledge he is a qualified elector of the State of South Dakota and of the County of

as indicated

on said paper and that I intend to support the candidate named in such petition at the primary and vote the ticket nominated there at by the party of which the candidate named in the petition is a member.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this

day of

19.

There shall also be attached to such petition a declaration of candidate stating that he will qualify and serve if nominated and elected to the office named in the petition.

Section 7. Joint Legislative Districts.] In Legislative Districts containing more than one county the nominating petition in behalf of any candidate for the Legislature from such district shall be filed in the office of the County Auditor in the county in which the candidate resides thirty days prior to the holding of the primary and within five days thereafter said Auditor shall make a certified copy or copies thereof as the case may be and forward the same to the Auditor of each county in said legislative district. Said nominating petition shall be in substantially the same form as petition for county officers, with the same requirements as to signatures, execution, verification and declaration of candidate. The number of signatures shall be based on the vote cast for Governor in the district and the timely filing thereof shall entitle the candidate to have his name printed on the official ballot to be used at the primary in each county in such legislative district.

Section 8. The petition for the nomination of United States Senator, Representatives in Congress and Governor shall be in the same form and with the same requirements as that of the county officers except that each petition shall have attached thereto the names of not less than one per cent and not more than two per cent of the electors of the State of South Dakota for Governor at the last general election as shown by the official record and such petition when executed according to the above requirements shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than thirty-five days prior to such primary and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State within five days after the filing of such petition to transmit the names nominated by such petitions to the Auditors of the several counties of the State and it shall be the duty of the Auditor to print such names upon the official ballot of the county together with the names filed at his office by petition for the nomination to county and legislative office.

Section 9. Precinct Committeeman.] At the time of furnishing the primary election ballots to the several voting precincts of the county, the County Auditor shall also furnish a separate blank ballot for precinct committeeman and said ballot may be voted by the electors of such precinct by writing the name of his choice upon said ballot and such

ballot shall be deposited in the ballot box and canvossed by the primary election judges, and the person receiving the
highest number of votes shall be the precinct committeeman for such precinct for the ensuing two years and until
his successor is elected and qualified, and it shall be the duty of the precinct canvassing board to ceritfy such election
to the County Auditor.

Section 10. Filing of Petition.] The filing of a nominating petition within the time and in the manner and
form provided in this Act with the declaration of the candidate that he will qualify if nominated and elected shall be
sufficient to require that his name be printed upon the primary ballot and no other condition shall be imposed.

Section 11. Duty of the Auditor.] The County Auditor shall from the names filed in his office prepare the offi-
cial ballot for use at the primary of each political party for whom candidates have been presented by petition and re-
quests under the provision of this Act such official ballot shall be in substantially the following forms:

OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT

PARTY

To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot mark a cross (X) in square at the LEFT of the name of the candidate for whom you desire to vote.

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Section 12. Number of Delegates, How Determined.] It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Party State Central Committee, on or before the first day of March of each general election year, to apportion the number of delegates to be elected in the several counties in the State and on or before the 10th day of March of any such general election year notify the Chairman of the Party County Central Committee of such apportionment. In arriving at the apportionment each county shall be given one delegate for the county and one delegate for each hundred votes or major fraction thereof cast in the county for the party candidate for Governor at the last general election as shown by the official returns.

Section 13. Nomination of Delegates.] At least thirty-five days before any primary the Chairman of the Party County Central Committee shall convene the Party Central Committee of his county at the county seat at the hour of 11:00 o'clock A. M. of said day the members of the committee present constituting a quorum, and then and there said committee shall place in nomination candidates for delegates to the State Convention whose names shall be printed upon the official primary ballot provided for by this Act. In making such nominations the County Central Committee shall nominate twice as many candidates as there are delegates to be elected from the county which candidates shall be chosen as nearly as may be equally from the several county commissioner districts of the county, it being the intent of this Section to distribute the representation as nearly as may be over the county and give the electors of the county a voice in the election of the representatives of the county in such State Convention; provided, however, that within five days after such nominations have been certified to the County Auditor nominating petitions may be filed with the County Auditor for any other qualified elector member of the political party for which the above nominations have been filed which names shall be printed upon the official ballot together with the nominations made by the County Central Committee. Such petitions so filed shall comply with the provisions of this Act in every respect in which petitions for the nominations of county officers require. The County Central Committee shall also at the same meeting nominate one party candidate for State Committeeman whose name shall be printed upon the official primary ballot by the County Auditor.

It is hereby specifically provided that no member of the Party County Central Committee acting as such nominating committee shall be eligible to nomination as a party candidate for delegate to the State Convention herein provided for or party candidate for State Committeeman.

Section 14. State Convention.] The Party State Convention provided for in this Act shall be held in the City of Pierre on the third Tuesday in May of each general election year. The convention shall be called to order by the Chairman of the State Central Committee at 11:00 o'clock A. M. of that day. Then such convention shall proceed to establish a temporary organization by the election of a temporary chairman and secretary. The delegates present and holding certificates of election from the County Auditor of the county in which they were elected shall be eligible to vote in such convention. After a permanent organization has been perfected by the election of a permanent chairman and secretary or secretaries, the convention shall proceed to nominate all State officers except Governor including Supreme Court and Circuit Court Judges together with presidential electors in presidential election years and to elect a National Committeeman Chairman of the State Central Committee and delegates to the Party National Convention in presiden

tial election years, provided that the Circuit Judges shall be nominated by the delegates from the Judicial Circuit in which he resides. The delegates from any county shall cast the full vote of the county and no proxies shall be allowed. Any candidate having received a majority of the vote in said convention shall be declared nominated and it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary of such convention to certify such nominations to the Secretary of State and his name shall be printed on the official ballot at the succeeding general election. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to certify the names of such nominees to the several County Auditors of the State in time to prepare the official ballot. It shall also be the duty of the chairman and secretary of the convention to issue certificates of election to any person who may be elected to the office of the National Committeeman Chairman of the State Central Committee or delegates to the Party National Convention. It is hereby specifically provided that no person elected to such Party State Convention shall be eligible to nominations of any State office to be filled thereby.

Section 15. Party Candidates.] Any person who becomes a candidate for party nomination to any State office at such convention shall at least thirty days before any such State Convention convenes before which shall be a candidate, file a declaration with the Secretary of State in substantially the following form:

I,

date for the office of

hereby declare that I am a candithat I am not a candidate for

any other office to be filled by nomination at such convention; that if I am not nominated to the office to which I aspire I will not accept the nomination to any other office nor will I become a candidate at the general election for such office. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to file copies of such declaration with the Chairman of the Convention and any nomination made by the Party Convention of any such candidate for an office other than the one to which he declares he is a candidate shall be void and the name not printed on the official primary ballot.

Section 16. County Conventions or proposal meetings for the nomination of party candidates and legislative officers and delegates are hereby abolished. The candidate who receives the highest vote as the candidate of his party for nomination for any office shall be nominated and entitled to have his name printed upon the ballot of his party as a candidate for such office at the following general election in November. The party candidate at the primary for election as a member of the State Central Committee for delegates to the Party State Convention who receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

Section 17. Color of Ballots.] The color of ballots of all political parties shall be designated by the Secretary of State upon recommendation of the Chairman of the Party State Central Committee and shall be uniform in color in the several counties of the State, and when so designated shall remain the party color in succeeding primaries without change. As soon as selected the Secretary of State shall notify the County Auditor of each county of such selection provided that such selection shall be made and reported by the Secretary of State so as to reach the County Auditors at least thirty days before the date of such primary. Provided further that if any party chairman fails to indicate to the Secretary of State his choice of color of party ballot the Secretary of State shall designate the color of such party ballot for such party. The color of such ballots in all cases shall be distinct and unalike in each political party. The official primary ballot of each political

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