Within thirty days after a general or special election for the initial directors of a water development district, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall hold a run-off election for each director area in which no candidate received a majority of the votes cast. The run-off election must be between the two candidates receiving the most votes during the general or special election. The district is responsible for the costs of the run-off election.
S.D. Codified Laws § 46A-3B-6
Run-off elections for initial directors
Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 20; SL 2025, ch 186, § 26.
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