Before opening the polls the county auditor or officer charged with the conduct of a local election shall deliver to the precinct superintendent of each precinct within the county, for use at the polling place of the precinct, a rubber stamp. The stamp shall contain the words, official ballot, the name or number of the election precinct, the name of the jurisdiction holding the election, and the date of the election. The date may be omitted if it is pre-printed on all ballots for the election. The stamp and other supplies for the election shall be delivered and receipted for by a member of the precinct election board in the manner and at the time as provided in this chapter for the delivery and receipt of packages of ballots.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-16-30
Official stamp for ballots--Delivery of stamp and supplies
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Larson v. Locken (1978)
Most recently applied in Christensen v. Devany (May 1993)
Source: SDC 1939, § 16.1106; SL 1974, ch 118, § 86; SL 1998, ch 82, § 1; SL 1999, ch 69, § 18.
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