12-19-2.6. Preference and selection of ballot style for independent in primary election.
If an absentee voter in a primary election is registered as an independent and is eligible to vote more than one ballot style pursuant to §12-6-26, the voter may specify the voter's ballot style preference on the absentee ballot application. If no ballot style is designated, the absentee voter shall be provided a nonpolitical ballot.
If an absentee voter in a primary election is registered as an independent and is only eligible to vote one ballot style, the absentee voter shall be provided that ballot style. If more than one party allows independent voters to be eligible to vote in a primary election and no nonpolitical ballot is available and the absentee voter does not designate the ballot style to be received, no ballot may be provided to the absentee voter.
Source: SL 2010, ch 75, §1, eff. Mar. 23, 2010.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Section 12-19-1 - Absentee ballot--Persons entitled to vote.
Section 12-19-1.1 - Affirmation of address by voter in inactive registration file.
Section 12-19-1.2 - Time for absentee voting.
Section 12-19-2.2 - Authorized messenger for more than one voter.
Section 12-19-2.4 - Multiple applications or requests for ballots and multiple ballots--Application.
Section 12-19-2.6 - Preference and selection of ballot style for independent in primary election.
Section 12-19-3 - Forwarding of ballot to voter--Instructions and return envelope.
Section 12-19-4 - Voter's statement on return envelope--Federal service voting forms.
Section 12-19-7.1 - Candidates and election officials not to serve as authorized messenger.
Section 12-19-7.2 - Display of campaign material by messenger as misdemeanor.
Section 12-19-9.2 - Marking and return of ballot on death of voter before opening of polls.
Section 12-19-10.1 - County auditor validation of absentee ballot signatures.
Section 12-19-11 - Preservation and return of application and return envelope.
Section 12-19-12 - Delivery of absentee ballot to polling place after close of polls.
Section 12-19-14 - Unlawful disposition of ballot or ballot link as misdemeanor.
Section 12-19-32 - Ballot not invalidated by federal censorship.
Section 12-19-33 - Failure to deliver or tampering with ballot as felony.
Section 12-19-34 - Informalities do not invalidate election--Liberal construction.
Section 12-19-37 - Absentee ballot precincts--Creation--Absentee ballot counting board.
Section 12-19-38 - Appointment of absentee ballot counting board--Number of members.
Section 12-19-39 - Oath of board members--Compensation.
Section 12-19-41 - Powers and duties of absentee ballot counting board.
Section 12-19-42 - Envelope containing voted ballots kept closed--Delivery to county board.
Section 12-19-43 - Review--Sorting--Processing--Absentee Ballots.
Section 12-19-44 - Counting process open.
Section 12-19-46 - Commencement of count when polls close--Place.
Section 12-19-47 - Processing of absentee ballots.
Section 12-19-48 - Delivery of absentee ballot after polls are closed.
Section 12-19-50 - Forms for recording tally--Special pollbook--Tally added to home precinct totals.
Section 12-19-52 - Electronic voting systems.
Section 12-19-53 - Contracting for services of county auditor from another county.