The return envelope for the absentee ballot must have printed on the reverse thereof a statement to be signed by the voter. The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, prescribing the forms for the return envelope, ballots, and instructions to the voter.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-19-4
Voter's statement on return envelope--Federal service voting forms--Promulgation of rules
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Pankhurst v. New Effington Independent School District No. 54-3 (1990)
Most recently applied in Election Contest as to New Effington (October 1990)
Source: SL 1944 (SS), ch 2, § 4; SL 1953, ch 75, § 3; SL 1955, ch 55, § 2; SL 1957, ch 85, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 16.0613; SDC 1939, § 16.0607 as added by SL 1965, ch 87; SL 1965…
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