Section 12-22-7 - Original jurisdiction of contests.
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.