South Dakota 19 — Absentee Voting
- 12-19-1 — Absentee ballot--Persons entitled to vote.
- 12-19-1.1 — Affirmation of address by voter in inactive registration file.
- 12-19-2 — Application for absentee ballot--Contents--Address to which ballot sent--Stamping date of receipt--Delivery.
- 12-19-2.1 — Application in person or by authorized messenger--Delivery of ballot tomessenger or by mail.
- 12-19-2.2 — Authorized messenger for more than one voter.
- 12-19-2.3 — Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act--Application orrequest for ballot by facsimile or email.
- 12-19-2.4 — Multiple applications or requests for ballots and multiple ballots--Application.
- 12-19-2.5 — Form of application for absentee ballot and combined application/returnenvelope.
- 12-19-3 — Forwarding of ballot to voter--Instructions and return envelope.
- 12-19-4 — Voter's statement on return envelope--Federal service voting forms.
- 12-19-5 — Mailing of ballot and enclosures to voter--Free air mail for federal servicevoters.
- 12-19-6 — Repealed.
- 12-19-7 — Marking and folding ballot--Officer before whom marked--Mailing ordelivering ballot.
- 12-19-7.1 — Candidates and election officials not to serve as authorized messenger.
- 12-19-7.2 — Display of campaign material by messenger as misdemeanor.
- 12-19-8 — Repealed.
- 12-19-9 — Delivery of absentee ballot--Personal delivery when transmission timeinsufficient--Receipt.
- 12-19-9.1 — Nursing facility, assisted living center, or hospital having multiple absenteeballot requests.
- 12-19-9.2 — Marking and return of ballot on death of voter before opening of polls.
- 12-19-10 — Preservation and delivery of ballot to precinct superintendent--Verificationof affidavit--Opening and deposit in ballot box--Unauthorized examinationas misdemeanor.
- 12-19-11 — Preservation and return of application and return envelope.
- 12-19-12 — Delivery of absentee ballot to polling place after close of polls--Endorsement and return.
- 12-19-13 — Repealed.
- 12-19-14 — Unlawful disposition of ballot as misdemeanor.
- 12-19-15 — Repealed.
- 12-19-23 — Repealed.
- 12-19-24 — Repealed.
- 12-19-32 — Ballot not invalidated by federal censorship.
- 12-19-33 — Failure to deliver or tampering with ballot as felony.
- 12-19-34 — Informalities do not invalidate election--Liberal construction.
- 12-19-35 — Repealed.
- 12-19-37 — Absentee ballot precincts--Creation--Absentee ballot counting board.
- 12-19-38 — Appointment of absentee ballot counting board--Number of members.
- 12-19-39 — Oath of board members--Compensation.
- 12-19-40 — Repealed.
- 12-19-41 — Powers and duties of absentee ballot counting board.
- 12-19-42 — Envelope containing voted ballots kept closed--Delivery to county board.
- 12-19-43 — Review of absentee voters' affidavits prior to closing of polls--Counting orprocessing of ballots.
- 12-19-44 — Counting process open.
- 12-19-45 — Record of applicants' names, addresses, and voting precincts--Delivery tocounting board--Record of authorized messengers.
- 12-19-46 — Commencement of count when polls close--Place.
- 12-19-47 — Comparison of statement with written application--Entry of voter's name onpollbook--Stamping and deposit of ballots--Counting--Improperexamination and disclosure of contents of ballot as misdemeanor.
- 12-19-48 — Delivery of absentee ballot to absentee ballot counting board after pollsclosed--Endorsement and return.
- 12-19-49 — Death of absentee voter prior to opening of polls--Ballot returned to personin charge--Election not invalidated by casting of ballot.
- 12-19-50 — Forms for recording tally--Special pollbook--Tally added to home precincttotals.
- 12-19-51 — Repealed.
- 12-19-52 — Electronic voting systems.
- 12-19-53 — Contracting for services of county auditor from another county.
- 12-19-54 — Payment for assisting voters based on number of voters assisted prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
- 12-19-55 — Receipt of payment for assisting voters based on number of voters assistedprohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.