12-18-12. Stamping of ballot before delivery to voter.

Before delivering a ballot to any voter the member of the precinct election board in charge of the ballots shall stamp on the ballot the official stamp provided for that purpose as follows:

(1)    On a hand-counted ballot, on the back and near the top of the ballot; and

(2)    On an optical scan ballot, the location indicated by the person in charge of the election.

Source: SDC 1939, § 16.1006; SL 1972, ch 82, § 7; SL 1974, ch 118, § 117; SL 1999, ch 69, § 31; SL 2008, ch 34, § 16.