12-22-3. Right to institute contest on submitted question--Judge's permission required.
Such contest may be instituted by any registered voter who was entitled to vote on a referred or submitted question, but in such case such contest may be instituted only with the permission of a judge of the court in which such contest is instituted, endorsed upon the complaint before the same is filed.
Source: SDC 1939, §16.1902 (2); SL 1974, ch 118, §191.