25-611. Arrangement of offices on official general ballots.

25-611

Chapter 25.--ELECTIONS
Article 6.--OFFICIAL BALLOTS

      25-611.   Arrangement of offices on official generalballots.(a) The arrangement of offices on the official generalballot for national and state offices for those offices to be elected shall beinthe following order: Names of candidates forthe offices of president and vice-president,United States senator, United States representative ____________district, governor and lieutenant governor running together, secretaryof state, attorney general, (and any other officers elected from thestate as a whole), state senator ______ district,state representative _____ district,district judge ________ district,district magistrate judge ____ district,district attorney ________ judicial district,and state board ofeducation member __________ district.

      (b)   The arrangement of offices on the official general ballot for countyand township offices for those offices to be elected shall be in the followingorder: Names of candidates for county commissioner ______ district, countyclerk, county treasurer,register of deeds, county attorney, sheriff, townshiptrustee,township treasurer,township clerk.

      History:   L. 1973, ch. 153, § 18;L. 1976, ch. 181, § 3;L. 1981, ch. 165, § 4;L. 1986, ch. 115, § 73;L. 2001, ch. 81, § 4; July 1.