There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 12 ELECTIONS
Chapter 19. Absentee Voting
§12-19-34 Informalities do not invalidate election--Liberal construction.
SD Codified L § 12-19-34 (through 2011) What's This?
12-19-34. Informalities do not invalidate election--Liberal construction. No mere informality in the matter of carrying out or executing the provisions of this chapter shall invalidate the election or authorize the rejection of the returns thereof, and the provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed for the purposes herein expressed or intended.
Source: SL 1944 (SS), ch 2, § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 16.0617; SL 1974, ch 118, § 145.
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