North Dakota § 61-24.5-06 Election of county directors of the southwest water authority

North Dakota Statutes

§ 61-24.5-06 — Election of county directors of the southwest water authority

North Dakota § 61-24.5-06

Title 61Waters

Ch. 61-24.5Southwest Water Authority

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N.D. Cent. Code § 61-24.5-06 (2026).

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Any person who is a resident and qualified elector of the county, who aspires to the office of
director of the southwest water authority, shall, before four p.m. of the sixty-fourth day before
any primary election preceding a general election at which a director of the authority is to be
elected, present to the county auditor a petition giving that person's name, post-office address,
and the title of the office of the southwest water authority to which that person is seeking
election. The petition must contain the signatures of not less than two percent of the qualified
electors of the county as determined by the number of votes cast in the county for the office of
director of the southwest water authority at the most recent preceding election at which the
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Any person who is a resident and qualified elector of the county, who aspires to the office of
director of the southwest water authority, shall, before four p.m. of the sixty-fourth day before
any primary election preceding a general election at which a director of the authority is to be
elected, present to the county auditor a petition giving that person's name, post-office address,
and the title of the office of the southwest water authority to which that person is seeking
election. The petition must contain the signatures of not less than two percent of the qualified
electors of the county as determined by the number of votes cast in the county for the office of
director of the southwest water authority at the most recent preceding election at which the
office of director of the southwest water authority was voted upon. Each signer of the petition
shall include with that signer's name that signer's mailing address.
The petition must be accompanied by an affidavit substantially as follows:
State of North Dakota )
) ss.
County of __________ )
I _______________, being sworn, say that I reside in the county of ______________
and State of North Dakota; that I am a qualified elector therein; that I am a candidate for the
office of director of the Southwest Water Authority to be elected at the primary election to be
held on _____________, ______, and I request that my name be printed upon the no-party
primary election ballot as provided by law, as a candidate for the office.
____________________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me on _____________, ______.
_____________________________
Notary Public
Upon receipt of the petition, the county auditor shall without fee place the name of the
aspirant on the no-party primary election ballot as a candidate for the office of director. The
candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected.
At the primary election, votes must be canvassed, returned certified, and certificates of
election issued in the manner provided by law for the election of county officers.