South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 16 - Ballots And Election Supplies
Section 12-16-34 - Rules and columns on tally sheets.

12-16-34. Rules and columns on tally sheets.
The tally sheets in the area for tallying votes cast shall be ruled by horizontal and perpendicular lines so as to form squares of suitable size to contain five tally marks each, four of which may be upright and the fifth crossing the same at an oblique angle, every fifth perpendicular line in the ruling to be red, so that five squares for tally marks are contained between each two red lines. In a perpendicular column at the left margin of each tally sheet, there shall be left sufficient space so that there may be printed or written in ink in plain and legible manner the names of all candidates and all questions submitted to the voters at the election, in the same order that they are arranged upon the official ballots used in such election. At the extreme right margin of the tally sheet there shall be a perpendicular column labeled as follows: "Total Votes."

Source: SDC 1939, §16.1109; SL 1961, ch 101, §1; SL 1997, ch 81, §3.

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