North Dakota Century Code Title 61. Waters § 61-24.5-06. Election of county directors of the southwest water authority

Any person who is a resident and qualified elector of the county, who aspires to the office of director of the southwest water authority, shall, before four p.m. of the sixty-fourth day before any primary election preceding a general election at which a director of the authority is to be elected, present to the county auditor a petition giving that person's name, post-office address, and the title of the office of the southwest water authority to which that person is seeking election.  The petition must contain the signatures of not less than two percent of the qualified electors of the county as determined by the number of votes cast in the county for the office of director of the southwest water authority at the most recent preceding election at which the office of director of the southwest water authority was voted upon.  Each signer of the petition shall include with that signer's name that signer's mailing address.

The petition must be accompanied by an affidavit substantially as follows:

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 office of director.  The candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected.

At the primary election, votes must be canvassed, returned certified, and certificates of election issued in the manner provided by law for the election of county officers.