05:02:09:14Oath
Section · Administrative Rules of South Dakota · View on sdlegislature.gov ↗
by tabulation center employees. The oath that the tabulation center employees take and subscribe to shall be in the following form: OATH BY TABULATION CENTER EMPLOYEES I, ________________________, do solemnly swear that I will perform the duty of tabulating the ballots according to law and the best of my ability and that I will studiously endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse in tabulating the ballots I am about to count. (Signed)________________________________ Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, 20____. _______________________________________ (Person in Charge of Election or Deputy)
Source: 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979.
General Authority
- SDCL 12-1-9 ↗Amended by HB1324 (2026) — abolish the State Board of Elections.Amended by HB1199 (2023) — require postelection audits.Amended by HB1329 (2022) — require a forensic audit of election results after each presidential general ele