shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com August 7, 2018 • Page 9 Secretary Of State’s Office To Conduct General Election Ballot Order Drawing PIERRE, S.D. –Secretary of State Shantel Krebs will be conducting the ballot order drawing for the 2018 General Election ballot on Wednesday, August 15th at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. Drawing for party order and then candidate order will take place in the Secretary of State’s office in the Capitol at 500 E. Capitol Avenue, Suite 204, Pierre, SD 57501. When the drawing for ballot order is concluded, Secretary Krebs will certify the candidates to the county auditors and they will then conduct their drawing for ballot order for county candidates. It should be noted that unopposed county candidates do not appear on the General Election ballot. All members of the public are welcome to attend. For any questions, please call the Secretary of State’s office at (605) 7733537. 12-16-2. Paper and printing specifications--Columns for parties and independent candidates--Automatic tabulating systems. All official ballots shall be printed on good quality bond paper, in black ink, and in the English language. The names of candidates for each office shall be printed in large type under the designation of the party for which the nomination is made, so that all the names of candidates for each party are in separate columns, the names of candidates for each office are directly opposite each other, and the names of all independent candidates occupy a separate column under the heading, independent candidates. In precincts using automatic tabulating systems, the ballot information, whether placed on the ballot or on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, be in the order or arrangement provided for paper ballots except that such information may be in vertical or horizontal rows, or on a number of separate pages. No individual race or ballot question may be divided between pages. One ballot card may be SD State Fair To Host Chili Challenge And Pork Butt Battle place. The people’s choice winner will HURON, S.D. – The South Dakota used for recording a voter’s vote on all receive $100. All winners will receive a State Fair is seeking entries for the races and measures. trophy. Jack’s Campers Chili Challenge and 12-16-3.1. Order of party columns. If Rules and entry forms for both cook the Pork Butt Battle, sponsored by more than one political party qualifies offs can be found on the South Dakota Advanced BioEnergy and South Dakota for the general election, the position State Fair website, www.sdstatefair.com, Pork Producers. of each party’s candidates on the www.missourivalleyshopper.com www.missourivalleyshopper.com under the Special Events section. The Jack’s Campers Chili Challenge ballot shall be determined by drawing The 2018 South Dakota State Fair will takes place Friday, Aug. 31, at of lots by the secretary of state at the run from Thursday, Aug. 30, through Horticulture Park. Cooking begins at 8 same time and in the same manner as Monday, Sept. 3. Channel Seeds preview a.m., with the people’s choice tasting prescribed for candidates in § 12-16and judging beginning at 1 p.m. The first night will be Wednesday, Aug. 29. 8. Representatives of the parties may This year’s theme is “Experience the place team will receive $225, with $150 be present when the arrangement is Magic.” For more information on State going to second place and $75 for third determined. On paper ballots, the first Fair events, contact the Fair office at place. The people’s choice winner will party name drawn shall be placed 800.529.0900, visit www.sdstatefair.com receive $50. in the left-hand column, the second or find them on Facebook or Twitter. The Pork Butt Battle, sponsored party name drawn shall be placed in Agriculture is a major contributor by South Dakota Pork Producers and the next column, and each succeeding Advanced BioEnergy, will also take place to South Dakota’s economy, generating party name drawn shall be placed $25.6 billion in annual economic activity Friday, Aug. 31. Cooking begins at 6 on the ballot in the order drawn. On and employing over 115,000 South p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30. Competitors direct recording electronic screens, Dakotans. The South Dakota Department will cook through the night and the on electronic ballot marking system of Agriculture’s mission is to promote, following morning. The people’s choice screens, and on optical scan ballots, protect and preserve South Dakota tasting and judging will take place at 3 the candidate names shall appear in the agriculture for today and tomorrow. p.m. on Friday. Top prize is $500, with order in which their party name was $225 for second place and $125 for third drawn. 12-16-7. Number stated where more than one to be chosen--More than one independent candidate. If more than one candidate is to be nominated or elected to the same office the ballot shall so state, as for instance, “For state senator, any two to be elected.” In the independent column if there is more than one candidate for a single office www.missourivalleyshopper.com www.missourivalleyshopper.com the ballot shall so state, as for instance, a diversified herbicide program, crop BROOKINGS, S.D. - Gared Shaffer, “For United States Senator, one to be rotation or incorporating cover crops SDSU Extension weeds field specialist elected.” into your rotation,” Shaffer said. will be at Dakotafest 2018 to answer 12-16-8. Order of listing candidates If growers have questions, Shaffer growers weed and pest questions for same office in same column. If there August 21-23, 2018. Just look for him will be ready to answer them. “We will is more than one candidate seeking have helpful information to help guide at the Weeds booth inside the SDSU nomination or election for the same Extension tent (#600) on the Schlaffman you to a successful growing season next office in any column, the names of year,” he said. Farm (2300 East Spruce Street) in candidates for that office shall be Weed Samples to I.D. Mitchell. arranged by lot, under the supervision If growers have weeds they are “We’re eager to meet with growers of the election official in whose office unable to identify, Shaffer says to and help them out,” Shaffer said. the candidates’ nominations were bring a sample or clear photo along to There will be a spray nozzle filed. 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