Delivery of absentee ballot--Personal delivery when transmission time insufficient--Receipt.

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12-19-9. Delivery of absentee ballot--Personal delivery when transmission time insufficient--Receipt.

An authorized messenger shall deliver the absentee ballot to the person in charge of the election unless there is not sufficient time for the person in charge of the election to transmit the absentee ballot to the voter's home precinct. In that instance, the authorized messenger shall personally deliver the absentee ballot to the precinct superintendent of the voter's home precinct. If the authorized messenger requests a receipt when returning the absentee ballot, the person in charge of the election shall provide the authorized messenger a receipt.

Source: SL 1913, ch 200, §2; SL 1917, ch 233, §2; SL 1918 (SS), ch 45; RC 1919, §7227; SL 1925, ch 159, §2; SL 1929, ch 114, §1; SDC 1939, §16.0607; SL 1963, ch 110, §2; SL 1970, ch 91, §1; SL 1972, ch 90, §3; SL 1974, ch 118, §139; SL 1976, ch 105, §66; SL 1979, ch 105, §2; SL 1980, ch 115, §6; SL 1983, ch 116, §1; SL 1992, ch 115, §6; SL 2006, ch 72, §4.


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