12-20-39. Election by plurality.
Except when otherwise specially provided in all elections for the choice of any officer, the person receiving the highest number of votes for any office shall be deemed to have been elected to that office.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 27, §43; CL 1887, §1482; RPolC 1903, §1865; RC 1919, §7212; SDC 1939, §16.0603.