The official record of absentee ballots delivered to voters shall be in either a paper file or an electronic file. The county auditor may use a computer file that is linked to the master voter registration file. These records must contain the following information:

1. (1) Date of election and party designation if primary ballot;
2. (2) Name of voter;
3. (3) Current mailing address of voter;
4. (4) Voting precinct;
5. (5) Regular or UOCAVA voter;
6. (6) Date mailed to voter, given to authorized messenger, or voted in office;
7. (7) Name of authorized messenger;
8. (8) Date returned;
9. (9) Date application received;
10. (10) Email address if electronic transmission requested by UOCAVA voter (this is only for an election a county auditor runs, a local election does not have the option to transmit a ballot electronically through the state UOCAVA system); and
11. (11) Voter registration address.

Source: 4 SDR 85, effective June 14, 1978; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; transferred from § 5:02:05:16, 12 SDR 43, effective September 23, 1985; 32 SDR 109, effective December 26, 2005; 36 SDR 209, effective June 30, 2010; 42 SDR 178, effective July 1, 2016.

General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9(4).

Law Implemented: SDCL 12-19-2 , 12-19-2.1 , 12-19-2.2 , 12-19-2.3 , 12-19-2.5.

Prior versions effective: 2010-06-30.