South Dakota Regulations § 5:02:23:09 Auditing procedures
Regulation Text
The following procedure shall be used in auditing a precinct by hand-counting the ballots:
(1)
The post-election auditing board shall review ballots for proper marking procedure according to the voting instructions below. The post-election auditing board shall determine the votes to count based on:
(a)
a mark that is inside the oval on an optical scan ballot shall be counted as a vote;
(b)
any mark on an optical scan ballot that does not touch the oval and is not in the oval may not be counted as a vote;
(c)
a mark on an optical scan ballot that touches two or more ovals is considered an over-vote and not counted;
(d)
any write-in vote may not be counted;
(e)
Express votes are to be counted as shown on the Express vote ballot; and
(2)
Any question arising on the post-election audit shall be determined by majority vote of the postelection auditing board; and
(3)
The post-election auditing board shall certify the results as hand counted for the Post-Election Audit by completing the Certificate of Post-Election Audit as provided in §
5:02:23:13
. The Certificate of Post-Election Audit shall be filed with the county auditor.
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