South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 07 - School District Elections
Section 13-7-17 - Certification of school district election returns--Preservation of ballots and ballot boxes.

13-7-17. Certification of school district election returns--Preservation of ballots and ballot boxes.
The returns from a school district election shall be certified by the election board in each polling place, and the ballots, properly sealed in ballot boxes, together with the pollbooks, shall be placed in the custody of the school district's business manager, who shall keep such boxes inviolate for at least sixty days after the canvass of the returns.

Source: SDC 1939, §15.2514; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 9, §16; SL 1957, ch 64, §7; SDC Supp 1960, §15.2316; SL 1975, ch 128, §42.

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South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 13 - Education

Chapter 07 - School District Elections

Section 13-7-3 - Public offices incompatible with board membership.

Section 13-7-4 - Registration of voters--Notice of registration.

Section 13-7-4.2 - Registration and residence required to vote in school election--Residence defined--Challenge--Contest of election.

Section 13-7-5 - Publication of notice of vacancies on school board--Newly created school districts.

Section 13-7-6 - Filing of candidate's nominating petition--Formal declaration of candidacy--Contents, circulation, and verification of nominating petition.

Section 13-7-6.1 - Option to adopt campaign finance law.

Section 13-7-6.2 - Candidate's nominating petition in newly created school district.

Section 13-7-7 - Withdrawal by candidate for board membership.

Section 13-7-8 - Publication of notice of election--Contents--Facsimile of ballot.

Section 13-7-8.1 - Notice of special election.

Section 13-7-9 - Election not held if no contest or question--Certificates of election.

Section 13-7-9.1 - Death or withdrawal of candidate resulting in no contest.

Section 13-7-10 - Date and hours of annual school elections--Procedure for absentee voting, voter registration, and counting ballots.

Section 13-7-10.1 - Joint school district and municipal elections authorized--Date--Sharing costs and responsibilities.

Section 13-7-10.2 - Notices and nomination procedure for certain joint elections.

Section 13-7-10.3 - Joint school board and primary elections.

Section 13-7-10.4 - Notices and nomination procedure for joint board and primary elections.

Section 13-7-11 - Voting precincts and polling places.

Section 13-7-12 - Precinct superintendents and precinct deputies of school elections--Compensation.

Section 13-7-13 - Ballots and election supplies--Form and content of ballots--Absentee ballots.

Section 13-7-14 - Absentee voting in school elections.

Section 13-7-17 - Certification of school district election returns--Preservation of ballots and ballot boxes.

Section 13-7-18 - Canvass of election results--Certificates of election--Certification of results.

Section 13-7-19.1 - Tie vote--Recount procedure--Resolution by lot.

Section 13-7-19.2 - Close margin in school board election--Request for recount--Recount board established.

Section 13-7-19.3 - Close margin in school election--Petition for recount--Appointment of recount board--Production of ballot boxes--Disputes.

Section 13-7-19.4 - Compensation of recount board.

Section 13-7-27 - Definitions.

Section 13-7-30 - Information regarding school elections to be provided in school board minutes.

Section 13-7-31 - Time for providing election information.