9-13-25. Election result--Highest vote total--Runoff by ordinance.
In any municipality, the person having the highest number of votes for any office shall be declared elected. However, the governing board of any municipality may, on or before the first of October in the year preceding, approve an ordinance requiring a runoff election to be conducted pursuant to §§9-13-26.1 and 9-13-27.1.
Source: RPolC 1903, §1290; RC 1919, §6329; SDC 1939, §45.1323; SL 1963, ch 279, §2; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 1993, ch 70, §1; SL 2009, ch 33, §1; SL 2010, ch 74, §7; SL 2021, ch 40, § 2.