The supervisors, treasurer, clerk, and constable in each township shall be elected by ballot except if there is no opposing candidate. All other officers, if not otherwise provided by law, shall be chosen either by yeas and nays or by a division, as the voters determine.
S.D. Codified Laws § 8-3-15
Method of electing officers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State, Department of Game, Fish & Parks v. Troy Township (2017)
Most recently applied in State, Department of Game, Fish & Parks v. Troy Township (August 2017)
Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, § 24; CL 1887, § 725; RPolC 1903, § 1017; RC 1919, § 6062; SDC 1939, § 58.0314; SL 1981, ch 44, § 14; SL 2020, ch 25, § 1.
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