Section 7-1-69 - Petition to change county name--Election--Ballot. - South Dakota Statutes

7-1-69. Petition to change county name--Election--Ballot. Whenever not less than fifteen percent of the registered voters of any organized county in this state, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, shall on or before the first day of July in any general election year, file in the office of county auditor a petition requesting that the name of such county be changed, the county auditor shall at the next regular election, submit to the legal voters of the county on a separate printed ballot the following question:
Shall the name of this county be changed to ____________ ?
____ Yes
____ No
All voters in favor of changing the name of such county shall place either a cross or check mark in the square before the word Yes on the ballot. All voters who do not favor changing the name of such county shall place either a cross or check mark in the square before the word No on the ballot.

Source: SL 1992, ch 51, § 1.