<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 9-20-13 - Ballots used in referendum election--Form and contents. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036501Normal { 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.s2036501SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036501CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036501Normal-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.s2036501DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036501Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2036501000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036501SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036501SCL-000003 { 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="s2036501Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-20-13"><span class="s2036501SENU">9-20-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036501SENU">. </span><span class="s2036501CL">Ballots used in referendum election--Form and contents.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036501Normal-000000"><span class="s2036501DefaultParagraphFont">The auditor or clerk shall have ballots printed for the vote upon such referred ordinance or resolution and cause the same to be distributed as other official ballots are distributed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036501Normal-000001"><span class="s2036501DefaultParagraphFont">Such ballots shall conform as near as may be to the law governing the submission of questions by the Legislature, except that the statement required to be printed on the ballots shall be prepared by the city attorney, or if there be no city attorney, by an attorney at law employed by the governing body for that purpose.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036501Normal-000001"><span class="s2036501DefaultParagraphFont">All questions to be voted upon at the same election may be submitted upon the same ballot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036501Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036501000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036501Normal"><span class="s2036501SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036501SCL-000003"> SL 1899, ch 94, § 6; RPolC 1903, § 1219; SL 1913, ch 119, § 43; RC 1919, § 6258; SDC 1939, § 45.1015.</span></p></div></body></html>