South Dakota § 12-20-46 - Composition of State Canvassing Board--Candidate disqualified from participation.
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§ 12-20-46. Composition of State Canvassing Board--Candidate disqualified from participation.
The Governor, or the Governor's designee, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, or the chief justice's designee, and the secretary of state, in the presence of the attorney general shall constitute a board of canvassers to canvass the returns of the votes for representatives in Congress, United States Senators, and for electors of President and vice president of the United States and all state officers, members of the State Legislature, constitutional amendments, initiated measures, and referred laws, but no member thereof shall take part in canvassing the votes for any office for which the member is a candidate.
Source: SL 1890, ch 84, §§ 3, 6; RPolC 1903, §§ 1948, 1951; RC 1919, §§ 7295, 7298; SL 1929, ch 117, § 3; SDC 1939, §§ 16.1716, 16.1720; SDCL, § 12-20-50; SL 1973, ch 76, § 5; SL 1981, ch 127; SL 2023, ch 3, § 28.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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