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§ 12-20-21.1 Circumstances requiring report of official returns by telephone.

SD Codified L § 12-20-21.1 (2019) (N/A)
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12-20-21.1. Circumstances requiring report of official returns by telephone. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 12-20-21, if the person in charge of the election determines that the roads are impassable between a polling place and the office of the person in charge of the election, the superintendent shall report unofficial election returns by telephone to the person in charge of the election immediately following completion of the vote count. The superintendent shall return the sealed ballot box together with the pollbooks, registration lists, the envelope containing the unofficial returns, and all supplies to the person in charge of the election as soon as possible but no later than noon on the day following the election.

Source: SL 1993, ch 117.

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