In all precincts the board of county commissioners shall adjust the size of any precinct at which there was unreasonable waiting time imposed upon the voters at the last preceding general election. Under ordinary circumstances, more than thirty minutes waiting time is deemed unreasonable waiting time except at the time when the polls close.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-14-4
Adjustment in size of precincts--Unreasonable waiting time
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re Election Contest as to Watertown (2001)
Most recently applied in In Re Election Contest as to Watertown (May 2001)
Source: SDC 1939, § 16.0801 (1); SL 1959, ch 94; SL 1968, ch 78; SL 1974, ch 118, § 62; SL 1976, ch 105, § 31; SL 1996, ch 94, § 3.
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