12-21-8. Precinct recount on petition by voters of precinct.
When within ten days after an election any three registered voters of a precinct file with the officer in charge of the election a petition, duly verified by them, setting forth that they believe that the official returns from such precinct as to a specified candidate or as to a specified referred or submitted question are erroneous, the votes of such precinct as to the office or position specified or as to the question specified shall be recounted.
Source: SDC 1939, §16.1803 (1); SL 1974, ch 118, §175.