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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12
Chapter 12-19
S.D. Codified Laws ch. 12-19
Absentee Voting
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12-19-1
Absentee ballot--Persons entitled to vote.
12-19-1.1
Affirmation of address by voter in inactive registration file.
12-19-1.2
Time for absentee voting.
12-19-1.3
Prefilled absentee ballot application prohibited--Exceptions.
12-19-2
Application for absentee ballot--Contents--Address to which ballot sent--Stamping date of receipt--Delivery.
12-19-2.1
Application in person or by authorized messenger--Ballot delivery by messenger or mail.
12-19-2.2
Authorized messenger for more than one voter--Record.
12-19-2.3
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act--Application or request for absentee ballot.
12-19-2.4
Multiple applications or requests for ballots and multiple ballots--Application.
12-19-2.5
Form of application, envelope--Promulgation of rules.
12-19-2.6
Preference and selection of ballot style for independent in primary election.
12-19-3
Forwarding of ballot to voter--Instructions and return envelope.
12-19-4
Voter's statement on return envelope--Federal service voting forms--Promulgation of rules.
12-19-5
Mailing of ballots and enclosures to voter--Free air mail for federal service voters--Last day to mail absentee ballot.
12-19-6
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-7
Marking and folding ballot--Officer before whom marked--Mailing or delivering ballot.
12-19-7.1
Candidates and election officials not to serve as authorized messenger--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-7.2
Display of campaign material by messenger as misdemeanor.
12-19-8
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-9
Delivery of absentee ballot--Personal delivery when transmission time insufficient--Receipt.
12-19-9.1
Nursing facility, assisted living center, or hospital having multiple absentee ballot requests--Promulgation of rules.
12-19-9.2
Disqualifying factors--Marking and return of ballot before poll opening.
12-19-9.3
Ballot drop boxes prohibited--Exclusions--Promulgation of rules--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-10
Preservation and delivery of ballot to superintendent or board--List of voters--Comparison of statement and application--Deposit in ballot box--Unopened ballots--Unauthorized examination, communication, or record--Penalty.
12-19-10.1
County auditor validation of absentee ballot signatures--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-11
Preservation and return of application and return envelope.
12-19-12
Delivery of absentee ballots after close of polls.
12-19-13
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-14
Unlawful disposition of ballot or ballot link--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-15
12-19-15 to 12-19-22. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.
12-19-23
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-24
12-19-24 to 12-19-31. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.
12-19-32
Ballot not invalidated by federal censorship.
12-19-33
Failure to deliver or tampering with ballot as felony.
12-19-34
Informalities do not invalidate election--Liberal construction.
12-19-35
12-19-35, 12-19-36. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.
12-19-37
Absentee ballot precincts--Creation--Absentee ballot counting board.
12-19-38
Appointment of absentee ballot counting board--Number of members.
12-19-39
Oath of board members--Compensation.
12-19-40
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-41
Absentee ballot counting board--Powers and duties.
12-19-42
Envelope containing voted ballots kept closed--Delivery to county board.
12-19-43
Absentee ballot counting board--Reviewing and processing ballots--Prior notice.
12-19-44
Counting process open to poll watchers--Reasonable distance--Records associating voter with ballot prohibited--Penalty.
12-19-45
Record of applicants' names, addresses, and voting precincts--Delivery to counting board--Record of authorized messengers.
12-19-46
Commencement of count when polls close.
12-19-47
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-48
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-49
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-50
Forms for recording tally--Special pollbook--Tally added to home precinct totals.
12-19-51
Repealed
Repealed
12-19-52
Electronic voting systems.
12-19-53
Contracting for services of county auditor from another county.
12-19-54
Payment for assisting voters based on number of voters assisted prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-55
Receipt of payment for assisting voters based on number of voters assisted prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.