<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 12-17B-16 - Recount procedures.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5Normal { 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.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5Statute { 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.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5NoIndent { 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.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 12-17B-16 - Recount procedures."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 12-17B-16 - Recount procedures."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-16"><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="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5SENU">12-17B-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5SENU">. </span><span class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5CL">Recount procedures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont">Automatic tabulating equipment must be tested prior to a recount or election contest as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont">12-17B-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont">12-17B-5</span></a><span class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont">.2, inclusive, and then the official ballots must be recounted. The recount board shall certify the new returns printed by the automatic tabulating equipment as the official returns for the election. The person in charge of the election shall sign and seal the new returns printed by the automatic tabulating equipment and make the new returns public.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s6cb0b13a43ae4acf8337050dd47e53b5SCL">SL 1994, ch 110, § 20; SL 2023, ch 49, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>