HB1112EnactedElections
modify provisions for a statewide runoff election.
This bill shortens the time between South Dakota's primary election and a runoff election from ten weeks to six weeks when no candidate receives at least 35% of the vote in races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, or Governor with three or more candidates. The bill also clarifies that if there's a tie for second place in the primary, all tied candidates advance to the runoff along with the first-place finisher, and allows hand-counted ballots instead of electronic systems in runoff elections that don't include federal races.