<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 12-21-15 - Petition for presidential election recount--Margin required--Time of filing--Notice to county auditors.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa74f02a94bdc4539ade9456a8bc60714Normal { 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.sa74f02a94bdc4539ade9456a8bc60714SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa74f02a94bdc4539ade9456a8bc60714CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa74f02a94bdc4539ade9456a8bc60714Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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SL 2025, ch 67, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>