<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 12-20-46 - Composition of State Canvassing Board--Candidate disqualified from participation.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6Normal { 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.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6Statute { 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.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6NoIndent { 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.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6SCL { 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 12-20-46 - Composition of State Canvassing Board--Candidate disqualified from participation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 12-20-46 - Composition of State Canvassing Board--Candidate disqualified from participation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-20-46"><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="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-20-46" rel="noopener"><span class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6SENU">12-20-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6SENU">. </span><span class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6CL">Composition of State Canvassing Board--Candidate disqualified from participation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6Statute"><span class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6DefaultParagraphFont">The Governor, or the Governor's designee, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, or the chief justice's designee, and the secretary of state, in the presence of the attorney general shall constitute a board of canvassers to canvass the returns of the votes for representatives in Congress, United States Senators, and for electors of President and vice president of the United States and all state officers, members of the State Legislature, constitutional amendments, initiated measures, and referred laws, but no member thereof shall take part in canvassing the votes for any office for which the member is a candidate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s6104c69c0a0f42a0a2cf0582dbca35f6SCL">SL 1890, ch 84, §§ 3, 6; RPolC 1903, §§ 1948, 1951; RC 1919, §§ 7295, 7298; SL 1929, ch 117, § 3; SDC 1939, §§ 16.1716, 16.1720; SDCL, § 12-20-50; SL 1973, ch 76, § 5; SL 1981, ch 127; SL 2023, ch 3, § 28.</span></p></div></body></html>