(HB 1007)
Election deadlines and time frames revised.
Section
1.
That
§
9-13-37
be amended to read as follows:
9-13-37.
Any other provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the members of the governing
body of a municipality may choose to hold a municipal election in conjunction with the regular
June primary election. The combined election is subject to approval by the county commissions
of the counties in which the municipality is located. Expenses of a combined election shall be
shared in a manner agreed upon by the governing body of the municipality and the county
commissions involved. All other governmental responsibilities associated with holding elections
under the provisions of chapters 9-13 and Title 12 shall be shared as agreed upon by the governing
bodies. The finance officer shall publish the notice required in § 9-13-6 between February fifteenth
and March first. No nominating petition may be circulated for signatures until March first.
Nominating petitions shall be filed under the provisions of § 9-13-7 by the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
. The finance officer shall certify to the appropriate county auditor the candidate names
and ballot language to be voted on by the first
Friday
Thursday
after the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
.
Section
2.
That
§
9-13-40
be amended to read as follows:
9-13-40.
Any other provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the members of the governing
body of a municipality may choose to hold a municipal election on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June. The finance officer shall publish the notice required in § 9-13-6 between February
fifteenth and March first. No nominating petition may be circulated for signature until March first.
Nominating petitions shall be filed under the provisions of § 9-13-7 by the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
. All other governmental responsibilities associated with holding elections under the
provisions of chapter 9-13 shall be met by the municipality.
Section
3.
That
§
9-20-11.2
be amended to read as follows:
9-20-11.2.
If a municipality submits a question to the electors at the next general election
pursuant to § 9-20-11, the municipality shall certify the ballot language to the county auditor by
the
last
third
Tuesday in August of the year of the general election.
Section
4.
That
§
12-2-5
be amended to read as follows:
12-2-5.
Any other provision of law notwithstanding, the members of the governing body of any
governmental subdivision may choose to hold their elections in conjunction with the regular June
primary election. The combined election is subject to approval by the county commissions of the
counties in which the governmental subdivision is located. Expenses of a combined election shall
be shared in a manner agreed upon by the governing body of the subdivision and the county
commissions involved. All other governmental responsibilities associated with holding elections
under the provisions for that subdivision and Title 12 shall be shared as agreed upon by the
governing bodies. The governmental subdivision clerk shall publish the notice of vacancy between
February fifteenth and March first. No nominating petition may be circulated for signatures until
March first. Nominating petitions shall be filed under the provisions required for that subdivision
by the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
. The clerk shall certify to the appropriate county auditor
the candidate names and ballot language to be voted on by the first
Friday
Thursday
after the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
.
Section
5.
That
§
12-5-1
be amended to read as follows:
12-5-1.
A new political party may be organized and participate in the primary election by filing
with the secretary of state not later than the
first
last
Tuesday of
April
March
at five
o'clock
p.m.
prior to the date of the primary election, a written declaration signed by at least two and one-half
percent of the voters of the state as shown by the total vote cast for Governor at the last preceding
gubernatorial election, which declaration shall contain:
Section
6.
That
§
12-5-3.8
be amended to read as follows:
12-5-3.8.
If a political party chooses to have a primary for selection of its delegates and
alternates to the national convention, it shall certify the slates to the secretary of state by the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
preceding the primary by five
o'clock
p.m. The slates certified shall
be placed on the ballot by the secretary of state and the position of the slates on the primary ballot
shall be chosen by lot by the secretary of state. The certification shall be deemed to be filed if
mailed by registered mail by five
o'clock
p.m. on the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
.
Section
7.
That
§
12-5-3.14
be amended to read as follows:
12-5-3.14.
Any candidate, committee, or group supporting a candidate in any presidential
primary, shall, by the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
prior to the presidential primary election,
notify the secretary of state of an intention to have the name of the candidate placed on the
presidential primary election ballot or submit a slate of candidates or both.
12-5-4.
A candidate for party precinct committeeman or committeewoman shall file a
statement in writing, with the county auditor of the county in which he
or she
is a candidate, not
later than the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
before the primary election. The statement shall
state that the
person whose name is subscribed thereto is
candidate:
Section
9.
That
§
12-6-4
be amended to read as follows:
12-6-4.
Except as provided by § 12-5-4 and as may be otherwise provided in chapter 12-9, no
candidate for any office to be filled, or nomination to be made, at the primary election, other than
a presidential election, may have that person's name printed upon the official primary election
ballot of that person's party, unless a petition has been filed on that person's behalf not prior to
January
twentieth, at eight a.m.
first
, and not later than the
first
last
Tuesday of
April
March
at five
p.m. prior to the date of the primary election. If the petition is mailed by registered mail by the
first
last
Tuesday of
April
March
at five p.m. prior to the primary election,
it
the petition
shall be
considered filed. A nominating petition for national convention delegates and alternates as
provided in § 12-5-3.11 shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of this section. Nominating
petitions for all party and public offices except legislative and judicial offices shall be filed in the
office of the county auditor of the county in which the person is a candidate. Nominating petitions
for legislative and judicial office whether elected in one or more counties, and all other party and
public offices to be voted on in more than one county shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary
of State.
Section
10.
That
§
12-6-8.1
be amended to read as follows:
12-6-8.1.
Any person may have his
or her
name withdrawn from the primary election by
making a written request under oath. The request shall be filed with the officer with whom the
nominating petition was filed pursuant to § 12-6-4, not later than the
second to the
last Tuesday
in March at five p.m. If the request is mailed by registered mail by the
second to the
last Tuesday
in March at five p.m.,
it
the request
is properly filed. No name
so
that is
withdrawn
pursuant to this
section
may be printed on the ballots to be used at the election.
Section
11.
That
§
12-8-8
be amended to read as follows:
12-8-8.
The secretary of state, not later than the
last
third
Tuesday in August at five p.m. before
the day fixed by law for
the
general
election
of the persons nominated
, shall certify to the county
auditor of each county within which any voters of this state vote for
such
the
officer or officers
nominated at the preceding primary, whose certificates of nomination have been filed in
his office
the Office of the Secretary of State
, or who have been regularly named or petitioned for filling of
a vacancy, the name and description of each person so nominated. In years when a President and
vice president are
to be
nominated and the national party conventions are held at such a late date
as to make the foregoing provisions impossible, then, the secretary of state shall make the
certification not later than seven days after nominations of such President and vice president.
Section
12.
That
§
12-11-3
be amended to read as follows:
12-11-3.
Each party nomination and independent petition shall be filed with the secretary of
state not less than forty-five days preceding any election which is not combined with a primary or
general election. If the election is conducted with a primary election, each party nomination and
independent petition shall be filed by the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
. Each nomination shall
be certified in a like manner as any other nomination for the purpose of a general election. The
election shall be conducted, canvassed, and the results certified as in a general election. If the
election is conducted with a general election, each party nomination and independent petition shall
be filed by the second Tuesday in August.
Section
13.
That
§
13-7-10.3
be amended to read as follows:
13-7-10.3.
Any other provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the school board may choose
to hold the school board election in conjunction with the regular June primary election. The
combined election is subject to approval by the county commissions of the counties in which the
school district is located. Expenses of a combined election shall be shared in a manner agreed upon
by the school board and the county commissions involved. All other governmental responsibilities
associated with holding elections under the provisions of chapter 13-7 and Title 12 shall be shared
as agreed upon by the governing bodies. The school election official shall certify to the appropriate
county auditor the candidate names and ballot language to be voted on by the first
Friday
Thursday
after the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
.
Section
14.
That
§
13-7-10.4
be amended to read as follows:
13-7-10.4.
For any school board election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
June, the deadlines in this section apply. The school's election official shall publish the notice
provided in § 13-7-5 between February fifteenth and March first. No nominating petition may be
circulated for signatures until March first. Nominating petitions shall be filed under the provisions
of § 13-7-6 by the
first
last
Tuesday in
April
March
.