South Dakota § 12-16-28 - Pollbooks--Voter registration lists.
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§ 12-16-28. Pollbooks--Voter registration lists.
The person in charge of an election shall provide paper ballot precincts with a pollbook in the form prescribed by the State Board of Elections for each election precinct for the purposes of § 12-18-5. If any jurisdiction uses electronic pollbooks, but does not use vote centers, the person in charge of the election shall provide a printed paper voter registration list and a printed and bound paper pollbook to each precinct prior to the opening of the polls.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 27, § 46; CL 1887, § 1485; RPolC 1903, § 1895; RC 1919, § 7244; SL 1931, ch 143, § 2; SDC 1939, § 16.1108; SL 1974, ch 118, § 85; SL 1993, ch 113, § 1; SL 2019, ch 75, § 2.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-16-28 ("Pollbooks--Voter registration lists.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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