Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Jones
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided January 13, 1966No. File 10280PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBiegelmeier, J.
This appeal presents the question whether the "one person, one vote" doctrine applies to the election of county commissioners. The facts are not in dispute. The population of Minnehaha County is 86,575 of which 65,466 reside in the City of Sioux Falls and 21,109 outside the city. The county has been divided into five commissioner districts pursuant to SDC 12.0608, two of which comprise the city; the other three comprise the balance of the county. The five defendants are the present acting county commissioners. Under SDC 12.06 a county commissioner must be a resident elector of the district…
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