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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 20 - RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES
Section 12-20-21 - Return of ballot boxes, returns, records and supplies to officer in charge-Tampering prohibited-Violation as felony

S.D. Codified Laws § 12-20-21

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Section 12-20-21 - Return of ballot boxes, returns, records and supplies to officer in charge-Tampering prohibited-Violation as felony

The sealed ballot box, together with the pollbook and duplicate tally sheet, registration lists, and the envelope containing the unofficial returns and all supplies and returns required, shall be returned by the precinct superintendent or a precinct deputy designated by the precinct superintendent, to the officer in charge of the election immediately after completion of the vote count. No person may deface, destroy, or tamper with the ballot box, envelope, pollbook, duplicate tally sheet, or registration lists or remove any seals. A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

SDCL 12-20-21

SDC 1939, §§ 16.0206, 16.0230, 16.0706, 16.1707, 16.1708, 16.9925; SL 1961, ch 92, §§ 10, 23; SL 1963, ch 109, §§ 1 to 3; SDCL, §§ 12-4-27, 12-6-44, 12-20-22 to 12-20-24, 12-20-26; SL 1974, ch 118, § 160; SL 1982, ch 86, § 92; SL 1993, ch 113, § 17; SL 1993, ch 118, § 27; SL 1999, ch 69, §47.