All ballots mailed or delivered to absentee voters shall include instructions that read as follows:
TO THE VOTER:
* Mark your ballot privately.
Fill in the oval
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next to the name or ballot question. Use only the pencil or marker given to you!
* (insert a statement regarding whether and how many times the ballot should be folded).
* Place your ballot in the return envelope and seal it securely.
* Complete the statement on the back of the return envelope and
SIGN IT
.
* Mail the ballot (voter must pay for postage to mail the ballot unless the voter is covered under the UOCAVA act), deliver it in person, or have someone deliver it for you to the person in charge of the election.
Do not return absentee ballot to your polling place
.
* The ballot must be received by the person in charge of the election in time to transmit it to your precinct polling place before the polls close on election day.
* Additional information on absentee voting is available at
www.sdsos.gov
.
Printers Note: Use correct return time designation in sixth bullet point.
History
2 SDR 46, effective December 30, 1975; 5 SDR 31, effective November 1, 1978; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 8 SDR 24, effective September 16, 1981; 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 12 SDR 43, effective September 23, 1985; 19 SDR 12, effective August 5, 1992; 31 SDR 35, effective September 23, 2004; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 35 SDR 306, effective July 1, 2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010;
45 SDR
009
, effective
7/30/2018
;
50 SDR
066
, effective
12/5/2023