Such contest may be instituted by any registered voter who was entitled to vote on a referred or submitted question, but in such case such contest may be instituted only with the permission of a judge of the court in which such contest is instituted, endorsed upon the complaint before the same is filed.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-3
Right to institute contest on submitted question--Judge's permission required
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re the Petition for Writ of Certiorari as to the Wrongful Payments of Attorney Fees Made by the Brookings School District School Board (2003)
Most recently applied in In Re the Petition for Writ of Certiorari as to the Wrongful Payments of Attorney Fees Made by the Brookings School District School Board (August 2003)
Source: SDC 1939, § 16.1902 (2); SL 1974, ch 118, § 191.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.