12-18-12. Stamping of ballot before delivery to voter.
Before delivering a ballot to any voter the member of the precinct election board in charge of the ballots shall stamp on the ballot the official stamp provided for that purpose as follows:
(1)On a hand-counted ballot, on the back and near the top of the ballot; and
(2)On an optical scan ballot, the location indicated by the person in charge of the election.
Source: SDC 1939, §16.1006; SL 1972, ch 82, §7; SL 1974, ch 118, §117; SL 1999, ch 69, §31; SL 2008, ch 34, §16.