§ 61-05-03 — Votes of electors - Number permissible

Any elector owning twenty acres [8.09 hectares] or less but not less than five acres [2.02
hectares], subject to assessments for construction or other costs within a proposed or existing
district, shall have one vote. Any elector owning more than twenty acres [8.09 hectares] subject
to such assessments within any irrigation district which will receive all or a portion of its water
supply from a federal reclamation or irrigation project shall have one additional vote for each

additional twenty acres [8.09 hectares] or major fraction thereof. However, the total votes any
elector is entitled to must be determined based on the number of acres [hectares] the elector is
entitled to irrigate pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 [Pub. L. 97-293; 96 Stat.
1263; 43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.] and may not exceed more than thirty-five percent of the total
votes eligible to be cast in any district election regardless of the number of acres [hectares] of
land owned by the elector in the district. Any elector owning more than twenty acres [8.09
hectares] subject to assessments within any existing or proposed irrigation district which does
not receive any of its water supply from a federal reclamation or irrigation project shall have one
additional vote for each additional twenty acres [8.09 hectares] or major fraction thereof, but no
elector shall be entitled to cast more than thirty-five percent of the total votes eligible to be cast
in any district election regardless of the number of acres [hectares] of land owned by the elector
in the district.