<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 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036294Normal { 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.s2036294SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036294CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036294Normal-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.s2036294DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036294000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036294SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036294SCL-000002 { 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 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. "><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. "><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-13-1"><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="s2036294Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-13-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036294SENU">9-13-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036294SENU">. </span><span class="s2036294CL">Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036294Normal-000000"><span class="s2036294DefaultParagraphFont">In each municipality an annual election for the election of officers shall be held on the second Tuesday of April of each year, at a place in each ward of the municipality as the governing body shall designate. If the governing body of the municipality chooses a different election day as provided in this chapter, the governing body shall establish such election day by January fourteenth of the election year. The polls at the election shall be kept open continuously from seven a.m. until seven p.m.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036294Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036294000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036294Normal"><span class="s2036294SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036294SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 45.1301; SL 1941, ch 196; SL 1955, ch 203; SL 1961, ch 249; SL 1971, ch 56, § 1; SL 1977, ch 68, § 1; SL 1999, ch 39, § 1; SL 2002, ch 45, § 1; SL 2009, ch 69, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html> <html> <head> <style> p.effectiveDate {text-indent: 0; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 2em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; font-weight: bold;} </style> </head> <body> <div> <p class="effectiveDate"> Effective January 1, 2026 </p> </div> </body> </html> <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 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2092917Normal { 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.s2092917SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092917CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2092917Statute { 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.s2092917DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092917000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2092917NoIndent { 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.s2092917DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092917SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2092917Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13-1"><span class="s2092917SENU">9-13-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092917SENU">. </span><span class="s2092917CL">Date of annual election--Hours of voting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092917Statute"><span class="s2092917DefaultParagraphFont">In each municipality an election of officers must be held each year on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, at a place in each ward of the municipality designated by the governing body of the municipality. The governing body shall establish the date of the annual election by January fourteenth of the election year. The polls at the election must be kept open continuously from seven a.m. until seven p.m.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092917Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092917000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092917NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092917DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2092917SCL">SDC 1939, § 45.1301; SL 1941, ch 196; SL 1955, ch 203; SL 1961, ch 249; SL 1971, ch 56, § 1; SL 1977, ch 68, § 1; SL 1999, ch 39, § 1; SL 2002, ch 45, § 1; SL 2009, ch 69, § 8; SL 2025, ch 40, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036295Normal { 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.s2036295SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036295CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036295Normal-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.s2036295DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036295000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036295SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036295SCL-000002 { 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 9-13-1.1 - Joint municipal and school district elections authorized--Date--Sharing costs and responsibilities. "><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-13-1.1 - Joint municipal and school district elections authorized--Date--Sharing costs and responsibilities. "><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-13-1.1"><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="s2036295Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-13-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036295SENU">9-13-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295SENU">. </span><span class="s2036295CL">Joint municipal and school district elections authorized--Date--Sharing costs and responsibilities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036295Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont">Any other provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the members of the governing body of a municipality may choose to hold a general municipal election in conjunction with a regular school district election. The combined election is subject to approval by the governing body of the school district. The combined election shall be held on the regular date set for either the general municipal election or the school district election and all dates associated with either election pursuant to chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont">9-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont">13-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be adjusted accordingly. Expenses of a combined election shall be shared in a manner agreed upon by the governing bodies of the municipality and the school district. All other governmental responsibilities associated with holding elections under the provisions of chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont">9-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont">13-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be shared as agreed upon by the governing bodies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036295Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036295Normal"><span class="s2036295SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036295SCL-000002"> SL 1981, ch 66, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html> <html> <head> <style> p.effectiveDate {text-indent: 0; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 2em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; font-weight: bold;} </style> </head> <body> <div> <p class="effectiveDate"> Effective January 1, 2026 </p> </div> </body> </html> <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 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2092918Normal { 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.s2092918SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092918CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2092918Statute { 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.s2092918DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092918000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2092918NoIndent { 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.s2092918DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092918SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2092918Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13-1.1"><span class="s2092918SENU">9-13-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092918SENU">. </span><span class="s2092918CL">Joint municipal and school district election authorized--Date--Sharing costs and responsibilities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092918Statute"><span class="s2092918DefaultParagraphFont">Any other provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the governing body of a municipality may, in odd-numbered years, choose to hold a general municipal election in conjunction with a regular school district election. The combined election must be approved by the board of the school district and must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092918Statute"><span class="s2092918DefaultParagraphFont">Expenses and governmental responsibilities of a combined election must be shared in a manner agreed upon by the governing body of the municipality and the board of the school district.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092918Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092918000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092918NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092918DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2092918SCL">SL 1981, ch 66, § 1; SL 2025, ch 40, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036296Normal { 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.s2036296SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036296CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036296Normal-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.s2036296DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036296000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036296SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036296SCL-000002 { 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 9-13-1.2 - Dates associated with joint election. "><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-13-1.2 - Dates associated with joint election. "><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-13-1.2"><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="s2036296Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-13-1.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036296SENU">9-13-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036296SENU">. </span><span class="s2036296CL">Dates associated with joint election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036296Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036296DefaultParagraphFont">If the joint election provided for in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-13-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036296DefaultParagraphFont">9-13-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036296DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-7-10.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036296DefaultParagraphFont">13-7-10.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036296DefaultParagraphFont"> is scheduled for a date other than the second Tuesday in April, all dates associated with the election are those provided in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s2036296DefaultParagraphFont">13-7</span></a><span class="s2036296DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036296Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036296000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036296Normal"><span class="s2036296SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036296SCL-000002"> SL 1985, ch 119, § 11; SL 1986, ch 67, § 1; SL 2004, ch 75, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html> <html> <head> <style> p.effectiveDate {text-indent: 0; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 2em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; font-weight: bold;} </style> </head> <body> <div> <p class="effectiveDate"> Effective January 1, 2026 </p> </div> </body> </html> <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 9-13-1 - Date of annual municipal election--Hours of voting. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2092937Normal { 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.s2092937SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092937CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092937000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092937DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2092937SCL { 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="s2092937Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13-1.2"><span class="s2092937SENU">9-13-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092937SENU">. </span><span class="s2092937CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092937Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092937000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2092937Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2092937DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s2092937SCL">SL 1985, ch 119, § 11; SL 1986, ch 67, § 1; SL 2004, ch 75, § 1; SL 2025, ch 40, § 21, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.</span></p></div></body></html>