The county auditor or officer charged with the conduct of a local election shall ensure that each official ballot for each election is stamped with an official stamp containing the following information:

1. (Precinctnameornumberorboth) SOUTH DAKOTA

   The county auditor or officer charged with the conduct of a local election may use the abbreviation "SD" in place of "South Dakota" and "Cty" in place of "County".

OFFICIAL BALLOT

(NAME OF COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, MUNICIPALITY,

OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION)

Source: 3 SDR 69, effective April 10, 1977; 4 SDR 26, effective October 27, 1977; transferred from § 5:02:07:02 , 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 25 SDR 8, effective August 3, 1998; 35 SDR 306, effective July 1, 2009 ; 49 SDR 47, effective November 21, 2022 .

General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9 (2).

Law Implemented: SDCL 12-1-9 , 12-16-30 .

Prior versions effective: 2009-07-01.