South Dakota Statutes
§ 12-20-20 — Sealing of ballot boxes after deposit of counted ballots--Violation as misdemeanor.
South Dakota § 12-20-20
This text of South Dakota § 12-20-20 (Sealing of ballot boxes after deposit of counted ballots--Violation as misdemeanor.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-20-20 (2026).
Text
The counted ballots shall be sorted in the manner provided in 12-20-2 and wrapped, sealed, and deposited in the ballot box. The precinct superintendent and precinct deputies, after the counting of ballots and deposit of the ballots counted in the ballot box, shall properly seal, with seals furnished pursuant to § 12-16-26 , any ballot box opening and the place where the clasp and box connect, and each place where a ballot box may be opened before turning the ballot box over to the person deputed to deliver it. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Thoms v. Andersen
235 N.W.2d 898 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1975)
Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 16.1706; SL 1974, ch 118, § 159; SL 1979, ch 106, § 1; SL 1982, ch 86, § 91; SL 1999, ch 69, § 46.
Nearby Sections
15
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 12-20-20, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/12-20-20.