State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

282T0090   SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGROSSED    NO.  SB 171 -  2/13/2012  
This bill has been extensively amended (hoghoused) and may no longer be consistent with the original intention of the sponsor.
Introduced by:    Senators Frerichs, Krebs, Nygaard, and Schlekeway and Representatives Hawley, Hickey, Sigdestad, and Solum
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to provide for a runoff election under certain circumstances when errors have been made to the ballot printing or by the person in charge of the election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. If any error is made to the printing of the ballot or in the conduct of the person in charge of the election for any nonfederal or nonstate election that disqualified a number of ballots that is equal to or greater than the margin of the total votes cast for a candidate or ballot question as determined by a court order, a runoff shall be conducted. The cost of the runoff election shall be paid by the political subdivision that made the error.

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