13-7-4.2. Registration and residence required to vote in school election–Residence defined–Challenge–Contest of election. No person may vote at any school election unless the person is registered to vote pursuant to chapter 12-4 and resides in the school district at the time of the election. For the purposes of this section, a person resides in the […]
13-7-5. Publication of notice of vacancies on school board–Newly created school districts. Between the fifteenth day and the thirtieth day of the month three months preceding the election, except in the case of the joint election as provided in §13-7-10.1, the business manager of each school district shall publish once each week for two consecutive […]
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 […]
13-7-6.1. Option to adopt campaign finance law. The school district governing body may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt the provisions of chapter 12-27. Source: SL 1988, ch 60, §2; SL 2008, ch 67, §22.
13-7-6.2. Candidate’s nominating petition in newly created school district. If the nominating petition is from a candidate for a vacancy on a new school board within a newly created school district entity pursuant to §13-6-62, the nominating petition shall be circulated no more than sixty days prior to the date of the election and filed […]
13-7-7. Withdrawal by candidate for board membership. Any person who has filed a nominating petition pursuant to §13-7-6 may withdraw from nomination by request in writing signed by the person and properly acknowledged and filed with the election official of the school district by five p.m. on the deadline day for filing nominating petitions. No […]
13-7-8. Publication of notice of election–Contents–Facsimile of ballot. The business manager of the school district shall publish in the official newspaper notices of an election once each week for two consecutive weeks with the first publication not less than ten days before the election. The notice shall state the date of the coming school election, […]
13-7-8.1. Notice of special election. When a special election is held to decide an issue, the business manager of the school district shall publish notices as provided in §13-7-8. Source: SL 1985, ch 119, §8.
13-7-9. Election not held if no contest or question–Certificates of election. In school districts if only one nominating petition is filed for each board vacancy to be filled and if there are no other questions to be submitted to the voters, there shall be no election and the notices and publication provided in §13-7-8 will […]
13-7-9.1. Death or withdrawal of candidate resulting in no contest. If death or withdrawal of a candidate or candidates at any time prior to forty-eight hours preceding the opening of the polls in any school district election occasions that there is no contest on the ballot, that ballot need not be voted and if it […]
