Municipal officials shall make the following legal publications in the official newspaper in conjunction with municipal elections:
(A) The finance officer of the municipality shall publish a notice identifying which vacancies will occur by termination of the terms of office of elective officers, stating the time and place where nominating petitions may be filed. These notices are to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks between January 15 and January 30.
(SDCL § 9-13-6)
(B) Two notices of the availability of registration officials, stating when registration will be terminated and the effect of a failure to register. The notice must be published at least once each week for two consecutive weeks. The last publication to be not less than ten nor more than 15 days before the deadline for registration.
(SDCL § 12-4-5.2)
(C) (1) A notice of each municipal election shall be published once each week for two successive weeks, the first publication may not be less than ten days prior to the election. A facsimile of the official ballot shall be published in the calendar week prior to each election. The notice and ballot shall be published in the official newspaper or newspapers of the municipality as designated in SDCL § 9-12-6.
(2) If no newspaper is published in the municipality, the notice shall also be posted in three of the most public places in the municipality.
(SDCL § 9-13-13)
(D) If there is to be a secondary election, a notice of election shall be published once during the week before any secondary election, which shall include a list of all persons appearing on the ballot for the election.