<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-16-1 - Printed ballots to be provided--Candidates listed--Sample ballots--Challenge--Submitted questions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 12-16-1 - Printed ballots to be provided--Candidates listed--Sample ballots--Challenge--Submitted questions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 12-16-1 - Printed ballots to be provided--Candidates listed--Sample ballots--Challenge--Submitted questions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/12-16-1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-16-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094SENU">12-16-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094SENU">. </span><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094CL">Printed ballots to be provided--Candidates listed--Sample ballots--Challenge--Submitted questions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">The county auditor shall provide printed ballots for each election in which the voters of the entire county participate. Except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-6-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">12-6-9</span></a><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">, printed ballots for a primary election must contain the name of each candidate who has filed for nomination and is approved. The printed ballots for the election of officers must contain the name of each candidate whose nomination has been certified or filed with the county auditor in the manner provided by law, unless the candidate is deemed elected by having no opposition. The names of the candidates must appear on the ballot exactly as listed in the declaration of candidacy of the candidates' nominating petitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">Sample ballots must be printed on paper of a different color from the official ballot but in the same form. The sample ballots and official ballots must be printed and in the possession of the county auditor not later than forty-eight days prior to a primary or general election. If there is a challenge pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">12-1-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">12-1-16</span></a><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">, official ballots may not be printed until the challenge has been resolved or until sixty days prior to the primary or general election, whichever occurs first.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">The county auditor shall prepare the necessary ballots, if any question is required to be submitted to the voters of the county. Ballots for general elections must be of the style and form prescribed in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-16-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">12-16-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-16-10.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">12-16-10.1</span></a><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2e448d1d9a5c40bfb91302852423c094SCL">SL 1897, ch 60, § 13; SL 1901, ch 119, § 1; RPolC 1903, §§ 1886, 1892; SL 1909, ch 144; SL 1913, ch 198; SL 1915, ch 186, § 1; RC 1919, §§ 7236, 7241; SL 1925, ch 160; SL 1935, ch 107, § 2; SDC 1939, §§ 16.1101, 16.1105(4); SL 1944 (SS), ch 2, § 4; SL 1953, ch 75, § 3; SL 1955, ch 55, § 2; SL 1957, ch 84, § 2; SL 1959, ch 95; SDC Supp 1960, § 16.0613; SL 1963, ch 112; SL 1965, ch 88; SDCL § 12-19-26; SL 1971, ch 87, § 4; SL 1972, ch 82, § 4; SL 1974, ch 118, § 69; SL 1979, ch 97, § 5; SL 1981, ch 124; SL 1985, ch 112, § 1; SL 1987, ch 125; SL 2010, ch 74, § 13; SL 2011, ch 79, § 1; SL 2013, ch 66, § 1; SL 2021, ch 66, § 1; SL 2025, ch 64, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-16-1 - Printed ballots to be provided--Candidates listed--Sample ballots--Challenge--Submitted questions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2040745Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2040745SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040745CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040745Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2040745DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040745000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040745SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040745SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2040745Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-16-1.1"><span class="s2040745SENU">12-16-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040745SENU">. </span><span class="s2040745CL">Automatic election of unopposed candidate--Certificate of election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040745Normal-000000"><span class="s2040745DefaultParagraphFont">Any candidate who has been duly nominated to an elective office except State Legislature, political or nonpolitical, having no opposing candidate at the general election shall automatically be elected and the county auditor or secretary of state, as the case may be, shall, following the official canvass, issue a certificate of election to such candidate and his name shall not be printed on the general election ballot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040745Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040745000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040745Normal"><span class="s2040745SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040745SCL-000002"> SL 1971, ch 82, § 1; SL 1979, ch 98, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-16-1 - Printed ballots to be provided--Candidates listed--Sample ballots--Challenge--Submitted questions.12-16-1.2 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 12-16-1.2 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 12-16-1.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 12-16-1.2. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1997, ch 80, &#167;&nbsp;1.<p> </BODY> </HTML>