12-22-7. Original jurisdiction of contests.
Original jurisdiction over such contests shall be as follows:
(1)As to contests involving state offices, or judicial officers in the Supreme Court;
(2)As to all other contests, in the circuit court of a county which includes the locality where the election or some part thereof was conducted.
Source: SDC 1939, §16.1905; SL 1974, ch 118, §192.