In each municipality an election of officers must be held each year on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, at a place in each ward of the municipality designated by the governing body of the municipality. The governing body shall establish the date of the annual election by January fourteenth of the election year. The polls at the election must be kept open continuously from seven a.m. until seven p.m.

Source: SDC 1939, § 45.1301; SL 1941, ch 196 ; SL 1955, ch 203 ; SL 1961, ch 249 ; SL 1971, ch 56 , § 1; SL 1977, ch 68 , § 1; SL 1999, ch 39 , § 1; SL 2002, ch 45 , § 1; SL 2009, ch 69 , § 8; SL 2025, ch 40 , § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.