<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-21 - Post-election audit--Public access--Notice--Publication.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5Normal { 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.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5Statute { 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.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5NoIndent { 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.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5SCL { 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-21 - Post-election audit--Public access--Notice--Publication."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 12-17B-21 - Post-election audit--Public access--Notice--Publication."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/12-17B-21"><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="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-21" rel="noopener"><span class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5SENU">12-17B-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5SENU">. </span><span class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5CL">Post-election audit--Public access--Notice--Publication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont">A post-election audit conducted pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-18" rel="noopener"><span class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont">12-17B-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-17B-25" rel="noopener"><span class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont">12-17B-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, must be open to the public. Members of the public shall keep a reasonable distance so as to not interfere with the audit process. The county auditor shall post notice of the time and place of the audit in the same manner as a public meeting agenda pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-25-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont">1-25-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont"> and provide the notice to the county chair of each political party that has a candidate on the ballot. The person in charge of the election shall post the notice of the time and place of the audit to the secretary of state's website.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="se67e86d56ea34463a92a00ea63fda5b5SCL">SL 2023, ch 50, § 4; SL 2025, ch 65, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>