<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.s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aP0 { 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.s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291a000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000003 { 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="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:23:07"><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000000">05:02:23:07</span></a><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000001">.  Public vote count.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0"> </span><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">At the post-election audit, the post-election auditing board shall publicly manually count the votes and only adjourn after the count is completed and the certificate of post-election audit signed. The post-election auditing board may only exclude or prohibit a member of the public from witnessing any portion of the post-election audit if that person's conduct is disruptive</span><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">    </span><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0"> </span><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">50 SDR 66, effective December 5, 2023.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">    </span><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000003">12-1-9</span></a><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">(4)(11).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">    </span><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-18"><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000003">12-17B-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">; </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-20"><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000003">12-17B-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-21"><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0-000003">12-17B-21</span></a><span class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s69de64ca-0901-42da-896b-e60a0e61291a000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>