Title 12 — ELECTIONS
34 chapters · 794 sections in this title.
SDCL § 12-19-7.1 Candidates and election officials not to serve as authorized messenger--Violation as misdemeanor
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No person who is a candidate for any elective office, except for political party offices described in § 12-5-2 or county auditor or such deputy, at the election for which the ballot or ballots are to be voted, may serve as an authorized messenger. A violation of this section is a…
SDCL § 12-19-7.2 Display of campaign material by messenger as misdemeanor
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No authorized messenger may, in the presence of the voter at or before the time of voting, display campaign posters, signs, or other campaign materials or by any like means solicit any votes for or against any person, political party, or position on a question submitted. A violat…
SDCL § 12-19-8 Repealed by SL 1971, ch 93 , § 2
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12-19-9 Delivery of absentee ballot--Personal delivery when transmission time insufficient--Receipt. 12-19-9.1 Nursing facility, assisted living center, or hospital having multiple absentee ballot requests--Promulgation of rules. 12-19-9.2 Disqualifying factors--Marking and retur…
SDCL § 12-19-9 Delivery of absentee ballot--Personal delivery when transmission time insufficient--Receipt
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An authorized messenger shall deliver the absentee ballot to the office of the person in charge of the election unless there is not sufficient time for the person in charge of the election to transmit the absentee ballot to the voter's home precinct or a vote center as prescribed…
SDCL § 12-19-9.1 Nursing facility, assisted living center, or hospital having multiple absentee ballot requests--Promulgation of rules
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If there is any nursing facility, assisted living center, or hospital, as defined in § 34-12-1.1 , within any county from which there might reasonably be expected to be five or more absentee applications, the county auditor shall notify the person in charge of that facility and t…
SDCL § 12-19-9.2 Disqualifying factors--Marking and return of ballot before poll opening
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If, prior to the casting of absentee ballots, it is made to appear by due proof to the county auditor or election board that any voter who has marked and forwarded an absentee ballot is no longer eligible to vote due to death, felony conviction, or mental incompetence prior to th…
SDCL § 12-19-9.3 Ballot drop boxes prohibited--Exclusions--Promulgation of rules--Violation as misdemeanor
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The person in charge of the election may not establish or place, or allow any individual to establish or place, an absentee ballot drop box within the official's jurisdiction. A completed absentee ballot may only be returned to an office of the individual in charge of the electio…