12-9-1. Judicial officers nominated and elected in nonpolitical elections.
All candidates for the office of judge of the circuit court, and such other judicial officers as may be required by law to be elected, shall be nominated and voted for at the primary and general elections in the manner provided by this chapter and not otherwise.
Source: SL 1921, ch 224, §1; SDC 1939, §16.0301; SL 1974, ch 118, §36; SL 1981, ch 164, §1.