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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 20 - RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES
Section 12-20-51 - Disputes decided by majority of state canvassers-Irregularities disregarded

S.D. Codified Laws § 12-20-51

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Section 12-20-51 - Disputes decided by majority of state canvassers-Irregularities disregarded

A majority of the members of the State Canvassing Board shall decide all matters of dispute, and it shall be their duty to disregard all technicalities and misspelling, the use of initial letters or abbreviations of the names of candidates, if it can be ascertained from the returns for whom the votes were intended.

SDCL 12-20-51

SL 1890, ch 84, § 11; RPolC 1903, § 1954; RC 1919, § 7301; SL 1937, ch 119, § 2; SDC 1939, § 16.1721.