Unless otherwise exempted by law, each school district must hold an annual election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m. The school board shall select the date of the election by resolution no later than the first regular meeting after January first of each year. Voter registration, absentee voting, and procedures used in counting ballots must be in accordance with title 12, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

Source: SDC 1939, §§ 15.2309, 15.2509; SL 1945, ch 55 , § 1; SL 1951, ch 63 , § 1; SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 9, § 12; SL 1955, ch 44 ; SL 1957, ch 64 , § 4; SL 1959, ch 65 , § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2312; SL 1975, ch 128 , § 37; SL 1985, ch 119 , § 5; SL 1995, ch 90 , § 1; SL 1997, ch 85 , § 1; SL 1999, ch 39 , § 2; SL 2002, ch 45 , § 4; SL 2023, ch 55 , § 8; SL 2025, ch 40 , § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.