SB171 changes how South Dakota counties handle absentee ballots by requiring election officials to deliver lists of absentee voters to each precinct and update those lists throughout election day, and it adds new procedures for verifying absentee ballot envelopes. The bill also repeals one outdated absentee ballot statute and modifies several others to streamline the processing and counting of absentee ballots at the precinct level.
The amendment removes a requirement that absentee ballots from precincts with ten or fewer voters be forwarded to the precinct for counting, instead allowing all absentee ballots to be sent to the absentee ballot precinct.
The amendment changed authority for creating absentee ballot precincts from any county to the person in charge of the election, and clarified procedures for handling combined application/return envelopes.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 550
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 539
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560
Signed by the President S.J. 525
Senate Concurred in amendments Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2. S.J. 511
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 11. H.J. 526
State Affairs Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0.
State Affairs Motion to amend
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 262
First Reading House H.J. 247
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2. S.J. 201
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 15
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 141
Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Concurred in amendments
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass Amended
Do Pass
State Affairs — Do Pass