S.D. Codified Laws § 12-8-2 (2026)
The State Canvassing Board, as soon as the returns of any primary election are canvassed as provided in § 12-20-38, shall issue and mail to each person whom the returns show nominated for any congressional, state, judicial, or legislative office, or nominated pursuant to § 12-6-9 or chapter 12-9, a formal certificate of nomination and shall certify the names of such nominees to be printed upon the official ballot at the succeeding November election under their respective political party designations; and to each person whom the returns show elected to a party position, a formal certificate of election; said certificates to be duly executed by said canvassing board under the great seal of the state.
Source: SL 1907, ch 139 , § 62; SL 1911, ch 201 , § 102; SL 1917, ch 234 , § 96; RC 1919, § 7160 (a); SL 1925, ch 161 , § 1; SL 1929, ch 118 , § 41; SDC 1939, §§ 16.0236, 16.0306; SDCL, § 12-9-9 ; SL 1968, ch 143 , § 5; SL 1973, ch 76 , § 1.