12-16-1.1. Automatic election of unopposed candidate--Certificate of election.
Any candidate who has been duly nominated to an elective office except State Legislature, political or nonpolitical, having no opposing candidate at the general election shall automatically be elected and the county auditor or secretary of state, as the case may be, shall, following the official canvass, issue a certificate of election to such candidate and his name shall not be printed on the general election ballot.
Source: SL 1971, ch 82, §1; SL 1979, ch 98, §3.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 16 - Ballots And Election Supplies
Section 12-16-1.1 - Automatic election of unopposed candidate--Certificate of election.
Section 12-16-2.1 - Colors for ballots.
Section 12-16-3.1 - Order of party columns.
Section 12-16-5 - Order of offices placed on ballot.
Section 12-16-8 - Order of listing candidates for same office in same column.
Section 12-16-9 - Form for official ballot at general election.
Section 12-16-10 - Election of two or more candidates to same office--Official ballot.
Section 12-16-10.1 - Candidacy for more than one office prohibited--Exception.
Section 12-16-11 - Separate nonpolitical judiciary ballot.
Section 12-16-15 - Posting of sample ballots.
Section 12-16-16 - Publication of facsimile ballots--Time for publication.
Section 12-16-16.1 - Publication of facsimile ballots by counties using same legal newspaper.
Section 12-16-16.2 - Publication of facsimile ballots--Compensation of newspapers.
Section 12-16-18 - Delivery of ballots to precinct superintendents--Packaging and marking--Receipts.
Section 12-16-20 - Delivery of unbroken package to election board--Receipts.
Section 12-16-21 - Replacement of ballots lost, stolen, or not delivered--Additional ballots.
Section 12-16-23 - Voting rights notices and instructions.
Section 12-16-25 - Posting of instruction cards and posters in polling place.
Section 12-16-26 - Construction of ballot boxes--Openings.
Section 12-16-28 - Pollbooks--Voter registration lists.
Section 12-16-30 - Official stamp for ballots--Delivery of stamp and supplies.
Section 12-16-32 - Separate tally sheets provided.
Section 12-16-34 - Rules and columns on tally sheets.
Section 12-16-35 - Listing of candidates and submitted questions on tally sheets.
Section 12-16-36 - Space for tally marks and vote totals on tally sheets.
Section 12-16-37 - Space for tallying votes on submitted questions.
Section 12-16-38 - Tallying and marking of votes--Entry of total votes.
Section 12-16-39 - Tally sheets for candidates and submitted questions.