Any person wishing to become a candidate for the office of director in any district shall, by the last Friday of July before the election, file in the office of the secretary of the district a declaration of candidacy, stating the election precinct for which the person is a candidate, accompanied by a petition signed by not less than ten qualified electors of the election precinct for which the person is a candidate to represent. No declaration of candidacy shall be accepted by the secretary unless accompanied by such petition, signed by electors.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-34, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 10; 2011, ch. 72, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, required candidates to file a declaration of candidacy by the last Friday of July and eliminated the procedure for accepting declarations of candidacy when no person has filed a declaration by the filing deadline.