<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93e000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:09:01.02"><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000000">5:02:09:01.02</span></a><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000001">.  Test of tabulating equipment.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> The person in charge of the election shall conduct tests of the automatic tabulating equipment as required in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-5"><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000002">12-17B-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-12"><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000002">12-17B-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">. The </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">test must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> be conducted by processing a preaudited group of ballots in a test deck marked to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and each measure. A tally sheet </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> be created prior to the machine count to show how the sample of ballots is marked and what the machine vote totals must be to prove an errorless count. If more than one ballot is used in the election, a test deck </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> be made for each ballot that is unique in any way. </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">For each office and ballot question, the test deck must include</span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    (1)  One or more ballots with a vote for each candidate and each side of a ballot question;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    (2)  One or more ballots </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">with</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> votes in excess of the number allowed by law for each office and question; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    (3)  One or more ballots </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">with </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">an undervote</span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    (4)  One or more ballots completely blank to verify that the machine is correctly configured pursuant to SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-13.1"><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000002">12-17B-13.1</span></a><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    (5)  One or more ballots that do not have a ballot stamp.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    At least twenty-five test ballots </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> be included in the total of all test decks. Individual test decks for individual ballots </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> be of sufficient size to prove the accuracy of the system. If absentee ballots are to be received folded, at least ten percent of the test ballots in any individual test deck </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> be similarly folded. The person conducting the test of the tabulating equipment shall date and sign the printout, verifying that the results of the machine's printed paper vote totals exactly match the tally sheet from which the sample of ballots was marked. </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">Any</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> test deck, tally sheet, and signed printout must be secured and retained with the official ballots.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    If more than one tabulating machine is to be used in the election, each machine </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> be fully tested </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">on any ballot</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> which each machine will be used to count in the election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    In addition to these tests, any test deck may be processed any time before or after completion of the official count.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> 8 SDR 81, effective January 10, 1982; 21 SDR 77, effective October 24, 1994; 23 SDR 236, effective July 17, 1997; 29 SDR 113, effective January 30, 2003; 33 SDR 230, effective July 1, 2007</span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023</span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-17"><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000002">12-17B-17</span></a><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">    </span><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-5"><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000002">12-17B-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-12"><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0-000002">12-17B-12</span></a><span class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1fb7728b-818f-46cc-817c-9bbbd47bb93e000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>