If more than one commissioner or alderman is to be elected for a like term, the governing body may, at least six months before the election, approve an ordinance requiring that candidates run for a specific position representing one of the incumbent seats.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-13-6.1
Individual contests authorized when more than one seat vacant
Source: SL 1996, ch 59; SL 2025, ch 40, § 5, eff
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