12-1-9. Promulgation of rules by board.

The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, concerning:

(1)    Forms for voter registration and voter file maintenance;

(2)    Forms and color of ballots;

(3)    Forms for notices;

(4)    The uniformity of election procedures;

(5)    The operation of the State Board of Elections;

(6)    The procedure to accept a petition and verify petition signatures;

(7)    Petition forms, including petition size and petition font size;

(8)    Envelopes for absentee voting;

(9)    Instructions to voters and absentee voters;

(10)    Recounts; and

(11)    Post-election audits.

Source: SL 1974, ch 117, § 3; SL 1998, ch 78, § 1; SL 2002, ch 40, § 4; SL 2018, ch 75, § 1; SL 2023, ch 50, § 9.



SDLRC - Codified Law 12-1-9 - Promulgation of rules by board.

12-1-9.1. Ranked choice voting prohibited.

The State Board of Elections may not authorize and a political subdivision may not adopt or enforce in any manner a rule, resolution, charter provision, or ordinance establishing a system of voting for any office where:

(1)    Voters rank candidates in order of preference;

(2)    Tabulation proceeds in rounds where in each round either a candidate is elected or the last-place candidate is eliminated;

(3)    Votes are transferred from elected or eliminated candidates to the voter's next-ranked candidate in order of preference; and

(4)    Tabulation ends when a candidate receives the majority of votes cast or the number of candidates elected equals the number of offices to be filled.

Source: SL 2023, ch 43, § 1.