The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the election to party office and for the nominations of political and nonpolitical candidates for public offices except as may be otherwise provided.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-6-1
Offices to which chapter applies
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 730 F. Supp. 2d 992 - CONSTITUTION PARTY OF SD v. Nelson (2010)
Most recently applied in Libertarian Party of S.D. v. Krebs (February 2018)
Source: SL 1929, ch 118, § 2; SDC 1939, § 16.0208; SL 1947, ch 84; SL 1973, ch 74, § 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.