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2006 South Dakota Code - 21 — Recounts
- 12-21-1 — Purpose of chapter--Liberal construction.
- 12-21-2 — Composition and appointment of county recount board--Good faith and impartiality.
- 12-21-3 — Notice of appointment and time and place of recount--Notice to candidates.
- 12-21-4 — Compensation of recount referee and appointive members of board.
- 12-21-4.1 — Mileage allowance for recount board members.
- 12-21-5 — Repealed.
- 12-21-6 — Application of chapter.
- 12-21-6.1 — Code of regulations to govern recounts.
- 12-21-7 — Conditions under which recount made.
- 12-21-8 — Precinct recount on petition by voters of precinct.
- 12-21-9 — Extended time for filing additional precinct recount petitions.
- 12-21-10 — Complete recount on candidate's petition in close local election.
- 12-21-11 — Complete recount on candidate's petition in close election in joint legislative district.
- 12-21-11.1 — Notice to secretary of state of petition filed with county auditor.
- 12-21-12 — Candidate's petition for recount in close state or district election--Notice to countyauditors.
- 12-21-13 — Computation of total vote where two or more candidates elected to same office.
- 12-21-14 — Voters' petition for recount on question submitted to entire state--Form of petition--Notice to county auditors.
- 12-21-15 — Petition for recount in close presidential election--Time of filing--Notice to countyauditors.
- 12-21-16 — Tie vote certified by canvassing board--Automatic recount.
- 12-21-17 — Repealed.
- 12-21-18 — Chapter not applicable where runoff election required.
- 12-21-19 — Joint petition by defeated candidates.
- 12-21-20 — Notice to circuit judge of recount petition--Appointment and convening of recountboard.
- 12-21-20.1 — Appointment of additional recount board.
- 12-21-21 — Adjournment by board to another place.
- 12-21-22 — Adjournment to permit combining separate recounts of same ballots.
- 12-21-23 — Majority vote of county recount board--Quorum.
- 12-21-24 — Ballot boxes produced before recount board.
- 12-21-25 — Recount to proceed expeditiously.
- 12-21-26 — Candidates' right to witness recount--Witnesses to recount on submitted question.
- 12-21-27 — Segregation and identification of disputed ballots.
- 12-21-28 — Identification of ballots disputed in two or more recounts--Substitution ofmemorandum describing ballot.
- 12-21-29 — Opening of segregated ballot for purpose of different recount--Identification andsubstitution of memorandum if disputed--Resealing.
- 12-21-30 — Opening of segregated ballots involved in previous judicial proceedings--Court orderto preserve rights.
- 12-21-31 — Return and resealing of undisputed ballots--Certification of disputed ballots.
- 12-21-32 — Certification of recount result--Contents and execution--Transmittal to secretary ofstate.
- 12-21-33 — Sealing and certification of disputed ballots.
- 12-21-34 — Filing and preservation of certificates.
- 12-21-35 — Certification of recount result to canvassing board--Recount result in lieu of officialreturns.
- 12-21-36 — Recanvass and corrected abstract of votes in local election.
- 12-21-37 — New certificate of election or nomination to local office when result changed byrecount.
- 12-21-38 — Repealed.
- 12-21-39 — Reconvening of state canvassers after recount--Recanvass and corrected abstract.
- 12-21-40 — New certificate of election or nomination on change of result by corrected abstractof state returns.
- 12-21-41 — Original certificate of nomination or election superseded by certificate issued afterrecount--Rights of holder.
- 12-21-42 — Original determination on submitted question superseded by determination afterrecount.
- 12-21-43 — Tie vote after recount determined by lot--Issuance of certificate.
- 12-21-44 — Second recount prohibited--Exception.
- 12-21-45 — Court order for second recount--Grounds--Time of filing petition.
- 12-21-46 — Court removal and replacement of recount board member not acting in good faith.
- 12-21-47 — Persons entitled to certiorari for review of recount--Time of filing of petition.
- 12-21-48 — Original jurisdiction of certiorari proceedings.
- 12-21-49 — Form and contents of petition for certiorari.
- 12-21-50 — Issuance of writ of certiorari--Officials to whom addressed--Contents.
- 12-21-51 — Service of writ of certiorari--Persons on whom served.
- 12-21-52 — Intervention in certiorari involving submitted question.
- 12-21-53 — Answer to petition for certiorari--Joint or several answer.
- 12-21-54 — Defenses set forth in answer to certiorari--New allegations--Petition for additionalwrit.
- 12-21-55 — Insufficient certification--Further certification required.
- 12-21-56 — Hearing on certiorari--Conference to narrow issues.
- 12-21-57 — Scope of review on certiorari--Correction of errors.
- 12-21-58 — Procedure as in other cases of certiorari.
- 12-21-59 — Judgment on certiorari.
- 12-21-60 — Right of appeal to Supreme Court from judgment on certiorari.
- 12-21-61 — Procedure on appeal to Supreme Court--Provisions to secure speedy determination.
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