<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.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0 { 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.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.50in; margin-right: 0; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004 { background: white; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inline-block; text-indent: 0; width: 0.150in; } span.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C2 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000005 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:10:04"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000000">5:02:10:04</span></a><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000001">.  Instructions to absentee voters.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">Any ballot</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> mailed or delivered to absentee voters </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> include </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">the following </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">instructions:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">TO THE VOTER:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    Mark your ballot privat</span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">ely.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> Fill in the oval next to the name or ballot question using a black ink pen. Do not use a felt tip pen or marker.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    (</span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">I</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">nsert a statement </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">indicating</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> how many times the ballot should be folded).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    Place your ballot in the return envelope and seal </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">the envelope</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> securely.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    Complete </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">and (bold) </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000001">SIGN</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> (bold) </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">the statement on the back of the return envelope.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    Mail the ballot</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> (voter must pay for postage to mail the ballot unless the voter is covered under the UOCAVA act)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">, deliver </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">the ballot</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> in person, or have </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">an absentee ballot messenger </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">deliver it for you to the person in charge of the election. (bold) </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000001">Do not return absentee ballot to your polling place</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> (unbold).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    The ballot must be received by the person in charge of the election in time to transmit it to your precinct polling place</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> before the polls close</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> on election day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000003"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000004">§ð</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    Additional information on absentee voting is available at </span><a href="http://www.sdsos.gov/"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C2">www.sdsos.gov</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> 2 SDR 46, effective December 30, 1975; 5 SDR 31, effective November 1, 1978; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 8 SDR 24, effective September 16, 1981; 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 12 SDR 43, effective September 23, 1985; 19 SDR 12, effective August 5, 1992; 31 SDR 35, effective September 23, 2004; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 35 SDR 306, effective July 1, 2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010</span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">; 45 SDR 9,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">effective July 30, 2018</span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">; 50 SDR 66, effective December 5, 2023; 51 SDR 141, effective July 1, 2025.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000005">12-1-9</span></a><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">(9).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">    </span><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-19-4"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000005">12-19-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-19-5"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000005">12-19-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-19-7"><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0-000005">12-19-7</span></a><span class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf923e9d-d1bc-4c13-aaa0-deb51cf02701000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>