South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 5 - Secretary of State
Article 5:02 - State Board of Elections
Chapter 5:02:16 - Counting and canvassing of ballots
- Section 5:02:16:00 - Definitions
- Section 5:02:16:01 - Delivery of supplies to counting board - Signing of certificate
- Section 5:02:16:01.01 - Ballot box security
- Section 5:02:16:02 - Signing of oaths
- Section 5:02:16:03 - Public vote count
- Section 5:02:16:04 - Use of tally sheets
- Section 5:02:16:05 - Comparison of registration list and pollbook
- Section 5:02:16:06 - Opening ballot box
- Section 5:02:16:07 - Folded ballots separated
- Section 5:02:16:08 - Duplicate ballots
- Section 5:02:16:09 - Drawing of excess ballots
- Section 5:02:16:09.01 - Endorsing of excess ballots
- Section 5:02:16:10 - Unstamped ballots
- Section 5:02:16:11 - Separation of ballots
- Section 5:02:16:12 - Order of vote counting
- Section 5:02:16:13 - Scrutiny of ballots by judges.Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:14 - Scrutiny of ballots by counting board
- Section 5:02:16:15 - Tally of ballots
- Section 5:02:16:16 and 5:02:16:17 - Identifying marks.Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:17.01 - Write-in votes not counted
- Section 5:02:16:17.02 - Counting imperfectly marked paper ballots
- Section 5:02:16:18 to 5:02:16:20 - Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:21 - Voter's intent to be determined
- Section 5:02:16:22 - Abrogating of prior court decisions.Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:22.01 - Use of prior court decision
- Section 5:02:16:23 and 5:02:16:24 - Crossing party lines.Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:25 - Unofficial returns of precinct vote
- Section 5:02:16:26 - Entry of precinct vote on unofficial return list
- Section 5:02:16:27 to 5:02:16:30 - Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:31 - Signing of certificates
- Section 5:02:16:32 - Deposit of counted ballots.Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:33 - Procedure for placing voted ballots in the ballot box
- Section 5:02:16:34 - Return of unvoted ballots
- Section 5:02:16:34.01 - Return of duplicate ballots of one voter not counted
- Section 5:02:16:35 - Ballots voted but not counted
- Section 5:02:16:36 - Recapitulation sheet
- Section 5:02:16:37 - Sealing of ballot box
- Section 5:02:16:38 - Use of paper seals on ballot box. Repealed
- Section 5:02:16:39 - Form of the paper seal
- Section 5:02:16:40 - Return and sealing of pollbook
- Section 5:02:16:41 - Pollbook envelope seal
- Section 5:02:16:41.01 - Return of duplicate tally sheet
- Section 5:02:16:42 - Return of election material
- Section 5:02:16:43 - Purpose of this chapter
- Section 5:02:16:44 - Provisional and uncounted absentee ballot return envelope
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