Section 12-5-3.17 - Candidate for other office certified under § 12-5-3.16 to choose candidacy--Effect of failure to choose--Filling resulting vacancy. - South Dakota Statutes

12-5-3.17. Candidate for other office certified under § 12-5-3.16 to choose candidacy--Effect of failure to choose--Filling resulting vacancy. Notwithstanding the deadline provided in § 12-6-55, if any person is certified as a presidential or vice-presidential candidate pursuant to § 12-5-3.16 and that person is a candidate for another office, the person shall choose one of the candidacies and withdraw from any other candidacy. If the person fails to choose one of the candidacies within seven days of certification as a presidential or vice-presidential candidate, the person is deemed to have chosen the candidacy pursuant to § 12-5-3.16 and is further deemed to have withdrawn from any other candidacy. The resulting vacancy may be filled within seven days after the withdrawal in the manner provided in §§ 12-6-56 and 12-6-57.

Source: SL 2002, ch 73, § 1.