§ 12-2-8 Postponement of election for weather conditions.

SD Codified L § 12-2-8 (2019) (N/A)
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12-2-8. Postponement of election for weather conditions. No earlier than twenty-four hours before the polls open, the person in charge of the election may call a special emergency meeting, pursuant to §§ 1-25-1 and 1-25-1.1, of the local governing board to postpone any election, except a primary or general election, for one week if the weather conditions put into question the opening of a polling place. The polling place shall then remain open for the same number of hours as it would normally have been open. Absentee voting shall continue pursuant to chapter 12-19.

Source: SL 2014, ch 70, § 2, eff. Feb. 19, 2014.