Chapter
CONTESTS
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-1— "Contest" defined
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-2— Candidate's right to institute contest--Legislative contests excepted
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-3— Right to institute contest on submitted question--Judge's permission required
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-4— Electoral candidates' and party chairman's right to institute contest of presidential election
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-5— Time of commencement of contest--Commencement after recount
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-6— Time of commencement of contest of presidential election
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-7— Original jurisdiction of contests
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-8— Summons and complaint to commence contest
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-9— Service of summons and complaint--Time of serving
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-10— Court orders to expedite proceedings
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-11— Joinder of parties in commencement of contest--Denomination of plaintiffs and defendants
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-12— Intervention by other candidates--Assertion of right to nomination or office
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-13— Designation of defendants in contest of presidential election
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-14— Title of proceeding on submitted question
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-15— Service of summons and complaint in contest on submitted question--Intervention
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-16— Answer to present all defenses--Admission of matters not denied--Affirmative defense
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-17— Hearing on contest--Default judgment prohibited
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-18— Court to proceed expeditiously--Designation of judge and relief from other duties
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-19— Official returns or recount conclusive as to accuracy of count--Other issues determined in contest
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-20— Certiorari to review recount as alternative remedy--Consolidation of proceedings
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-21— Judgment withheld while recount or certiorari pending--Judgment declaring election result
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-22— Supreme Court order directing consolidation of contests involving same office or question--Duty of judges and attorneys to notify Supreme Court
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-23— Conflicting circuit court decisions on same submitted question--Appeal determinative--Direction to attorney general to prosecute appeal
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-24— Procedure as in other civil proceedings
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-25— Right of appeal to Supreme Court--Expediting proceedings in Supreme Court--Combining with appeal from certiorari to review recount
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-26— Notice of intention to institute legislative contest--Time for service--Answer
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-27— Depositions in legislative contest--Filing with secretary of state
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-28— Public funds not used for legislative contest
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-29— Candidate's right to contest primary election--Filing of complaint--Circuit court jurisdiction
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-30— Notation of filing of complaint in primary contest--Date of hearing--Apparently successful candidate as defendant
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-31— Service of order fixing hearing date on primary contest--Answer
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-32— Hearing of primary contest in or out of term--Preference in order of hearing
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-33— Dismissal of insufficient complaint--Hearing of evidence--Entry of orders and decisions
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-34— Elections to which primary contest law applies
- S.D. Codified Laws § 12-22-35— Supreme Court jurisdiction of primary contests for state office