South Dakota § 12-5-21 Nomination of state candidates not nominated by primary--Presidential electors and national committee members.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 12-5-21 — Nomination of state candidates not nominated by primary--Presidential electors and national committee members.

South Dakota § 12-5-21

Title 12ELECTIONS

Ch. 12-2POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY AFFAIRS

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 12-5-21 (2026).

Text

In a year when the Governor is to be elected, the delegates selected to participate in the state convention shall nominate candidates for attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of school and public lands, and public utilities commissioner. In the years when a President of the United States is to be elected, the delegates shall nominate a candidate for public utilities commissioner, presidential electors, and national committeeman and national committeewoman of the party.

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In a year when the Governor is to be elected, the delegates selected to participate in the state convention shall nominate candidates for attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of school and public lands, and public utilities commissioner. In the years when a President of the United States is to be elected, the delegates shall nominate a candidate for public utilities commissioner, presidential electors, and national committeeman and national committeewoman of the party.

Legislative History

SL 1917, ch 234, § 30; RC 1919, § 7108; SL 1929, ch 118, § 55; SL 1933, ch 100; SL 1937, ch 120, § 5; SDC 1939, § 16.0240; SL 1939, ch 77; SL 1941, ch 78; SL 1951, ch 91; SL 1965, ch 86; SL 1974, ch 118, § 35; SL 2025, ch 62, § 1.