State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2007 |
960N0169 |
SENATE BILL
NO.
73
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Introduced by:
Senators Napoli, Abdallah, Albers, Apa, Gant, Garnos, Greenfield, Katus,
McNenny, Olson (Ed), Schmidt, and Sutton and Representatives Kirkeby,
Hackl, Howie, Moore, Nelson, Peters, and Van Etten
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain provisions concerning precinct boundaries
and polling places.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 12-14 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 12-14 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
No precinct boundary or polling place may be changed after the publication of the first
notice of election is published as provided in
§
12-12-1. If a designated polling place is
destroyed or becomes otherwise physically unusable as a polling place after the first notice of
election is published, the county auditor shall recommend a new polling place to be approved
by the board of county commissioners. The approval of the new polling place may be made by
the board of county commissioners during a conference call meeting.
Notice of the new polling place shall be conspicuously posted at the old polling place
location. The county auditor shall also provide notice through the local print and broadcast
media. The notice shall be sufficient to reasonably inform the affected voters of the change in
polling place location or the county auditor shall mail a notice, if possible, no later than three
days prior to the election, to each registered voter assigned to the affected polling place.
Section
2.
That chapter
12-14
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
If any nonpublicly-owned building is used as a polling place, the building owner may
designate whether campaign signs will be allowed on the building's premises outside the area
defined in
§
12-18-3 on election day. If campaign signs are allowed, the building owner may not
prohibit signs from any particular campaign.