Any candidate may withdraw the candidate's name from the primary election by making a written request under oath. The candidate shall file the request with the officer with whom the nominating petition was filed pursuant to § 12-6-4, before five p.m. local time, on the first Thursday after the deadline for filing a nominating petition. A name withdrawn pursuant to this section may not be printed on the ballots to be used at the election.

Source: SL 1981, ch 121 ; SL 2007, ch 81 , § 10; SL 2011, ch 78 , § 1; SL 2015, ch 77 , § 13 rejected Nov. 8, 2016; SL 2026, ch 35 , § 6.