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South Dakota Statutes § 12-1-9.1 Ranked choice voting prohibited

⤴ Up to Chapter 1: General Provisions And State Board

Statute Text

The State Board of Elections may not authorize and a political subdivision may not adopt or enforce in any manner a rule, resolution, charter provision, or ordinance establishing a system of voting for any office where:
(1) Voters rank candidates in order of preference;
(2) Tabulation proceeds in rounds where in each round either a candidate is elected or the last-place candidate is eliminated;
(3) Votes are transferred from elected or eliminated candidates to the voter's next-ranked candidate in order of preference; and
(4) Tabulation ends when a candidate receives the majority of votes cast or the number of candidates elected equals the number of offices to be filled.

Source

SL 2023 , ch 43 , § 1 .

History

Added by S.L. 2023 , ch. 43 , s. 1 , eff. 7/1/2023 .