Before delivering a ballot to any voter the member of the precinct election board in charge of the ballots shall stamp on the ballot the official stamp provided for that purpose as follows:

1. (1) On a hand-counted ballot, on the back and near the top of the ballot; and
2. (2) On an optical scan ballot, the location indicated by the person in charge of the election.

Source: SDC 1939, § 16.1006; SL 1972, ch 82 , § 7; SL 1974, ch 118 , § 117; SL 1999, ch 69 , § 31; SL 2008, ch 34 , § 16.