All measures initiated or laws referred by the people statewide shall be printed on the general election optical scan ballot. If a county ballot question is not placed on an optical scan ballot, the instructions to the voter must be in the following form: To vote use a cross (X) or check mark (ü) in the square next to "yes" or "no."

Source: 6 SDR 123, effective July 2, 1980; 27 SDR 146, effective July 9, 2001; 28 SDR 99, effective January 17, 2002; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006.

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

Law Implemented: SDCL 12-13-11 , 12-16-2.1.