All candidates for the office of judge of the circuit court, and such other judicial officers as may be required by law to be elected, shall be nominated and voted for at the primary and general elections in the manner provided by this chapter and not otherwise.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-9-1
Judicial officers nominated and elected in nonpolitical elections
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cummings v. Mickelson (1993)
Most recently applied in Cummings v. Mickelson (January 1993)
Source: SL 1921, ch 224, § 1; SDC 1939, § 16.0301; SL 1974, ch 118, § 36; SL 1981, ch 164, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.