The notice of testing the automatic tabulating equipment shall be in the following form:

NOTICE OF TESTING AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT

( The person in charge of the election shall give notice of the testing of the automatic tabulating equipment at least one week before, but not more than ten days before the date of testing and shall post the notice in the same manner as a public meeting agenda, pursuant to SDCL 1-25-1.1.)

Notice is hereby given to the public, the county chair of each political party with a candidate on the ballot, any independent candidate or candidate without party affiliation on the ballot, and the ballot question committees for or against an initiated or referred measure or initiated constitutional amendment, that the automatic tabulating equipment will be tested to ascertain that it will correctly count the votes for all offices and measures that are to be cast at the ______________ election held on the _____ day of __________, ______.

The test will be conducted on the _____ day of __________, ______, at ______ o'clock (a.m.) (p.m.) at the following location: ______________________________________________.

Dated this _____ day of __________, ______.

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Person in charge of election

Source: 2 SDR 5, effective July 30, 1975; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 27 SDR 146, effective July 9, 2001 ; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9 (3).

Law Implemented: SDCL 12-17B-5 .

Prior versions effective: 2001-07-09.