The person voting shall cast his vote without delay. No voter may occupy a voting booth or voting machine already occupied by another, nor occupy a voting booth or machine for more than ten minutes. No voter, other than an election officer, may reenter the enclosed space during any election.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-18-15
Voting without delay--Maximum time in booth or machine--Reentry prohibited
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Barnhart v. Herseth (1974)
Most recently applied in Schulte v. Long (September 2004)
Source: SL 1897, ch 60, § 32; RPolC 1903, § 1921; RC 1919, § 7271; SDC 1939, § 16.1202; SL 1974, ch 118, § 120; SL 1993, ch 115.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.