There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 12 ELECTIONS
Chapter 17B. Automatic Tabulating Systems
§12-17B-7 Voting instructions--Manner of giving instructions.
SD Codified L § 12-17B-7 (through 2011) What's This?
12-17B-7. Voting instructions--Manner of giving instructions. Before entering the voting booth, any voter may request instruction in the proper procedure for marking the ballot to ensure that the tabulating equipment is able to read the vote cast. No instructions may be given to the voter while in the voting booth. However, any voter using an electronic ballot marking system may request instruction in the proper operation of the system at any time. No precinct official or person assisting a voter may in any manner request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any voter to cast a vote for any particular ticket, candidate, or measure to be voted on. All instructions shall be given in such a manner that it may be observed by other persons in the polling place.
Source: SL 1994, ch 110, § 11; SL 2004, ch 108, § 2; SL 2006, ch 70, § 2.
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