A candidate's petition for recount must be in the following form:

1. (Signed) _______________________

   STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA )

   ) SS VERIFICATION

   COUNTY OF _____________ )

   I, ____________________, under oath, state that I read and signed the foregoing petition and know its contents and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the statement is true.

2. (Signed) _______________________

   Sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, 20____.

3. (Seal) ______________________________

   Officer Administering Oath

   My Commission Expires _________

   ______________________________

   Title of Officer Administering Oath

CANDIDATE'S PETITION FOR RECOUNT

I, _____________________, candidate for the office of _____________________________, believe that a recount will change the result of the election held on the _____ day of __________, 20____, and I petition for a recount of all votes cast for this office in every precinct which has not previously been recounted.

Source: 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 42 SDR 15, effective August 11, 2015; 44 SDR 94, effective December 4, 2017 ; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 12-21-10 , 12-21-11 , 12-21-12 .

Prior versions effective: 2017-12-04, 2015-08-11, 1989-08-10.