North Dakota Code 61-24-03 – Election of directors of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
A director of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District must be nominated and elected in each county in the district. Any person who is a resident and qualified elector of the county who aspires to the office of director of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District shall, before four p.m. of the sixty-fourth day before any primary election preceding a general election at which a director of the district is to be elected, present to the county auditor a petition giving that person’s name, post-office address, the title of the office “Director of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District”, and containing the signatures of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred qualified electors of the county to which each signer has added the signer’s residence with street number, if any, and the date of signing.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 61-24-03
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- qualified elector: means a citizen of the United States who is eighteen years of age or older; and is a resident of this state and of the area affected by the petition. See North Dakota Code 1-01-51
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
The petition must be accompanied by an affidavit substantially as follows: State of North Dakota ) County of ) ) ss.
I, , being sworn, say that I reside in the county of and State of North Dakota; that I am a qualified elector therein; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of director of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District to be chosen at the primary election to be held on , , and I request that my name be printed upon the no-party primary election ballot as provided by law, as a candidate for the office.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on , .
Notary Public Upon receipt of the petition, the county auditor shall without fee place the name of the aspirant on the no-party primary election ballot as a candidate for the aforesaid office of director.
The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes if more than two are running are nominated.
The names of the candidates so nominated at the primary election must be placed on the no-party ballot at the ensuing general election and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected.
At the primary and general elections, votes must be canvassed, returned certified, and certificates of nomination and election issued in the manner provided by law for the nomination and election of county officers.