South Dakota § 13-7-10 Date and hours of annual school elections--Procedure for absentee voting, voter registration, and counting ballots.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 13-7-10 — Date and hours of annual school elections--Procedure for absentee voting, voter registration, and counting ballots.

South Dakota § 13-7-10

Title 13EDUCATION

Ch. 13-5SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 13-7-10 (2026).

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Unless otherwise exempted by law, each school district must hold an annual election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m. The school board shall select the date of the election by resolution no later than the first regular meeting after January first of each year. Voter registration, absentee voting, and procedures used in counting ballots must be in accordance with title 12, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

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Unless otherwise exempted by law, each school district must hold an annual election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m. The school board shall select the date of the election by resolution no later than the first regular meeting after January first of each year. Voter registration, absentee voting, and procedures used in counting ballots must be in accordance with title 12, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

Legislative History

SDC 1939, §§ 15.2309, 15.2509; SL 1945, ch 55, § 1; SL 1951, ch 63, § 1; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 9, § 12; SL 1955, ch 44; SL 1957, ch 64, § 4; SL 1959, ch 65, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2312; SL 1975, ch 128, § 37; SL 1985, ch 119, § 5; SL 1995, ch 90, § 1; SL 1997, ch 85, § 1; SL 1999, ch 39, § 2; SL 2002, ch 45, § 4; SL 2023, ch 55, § 8; SL 2025, ch 40, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.