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7-6-5. Form and casting of ballots on change of county seat--Application of general election law. The ballots used at said election for the change of the county seat shall be in such form as the board of county commissioners shall prescribe, and such ballots shall be separate from the ballots cast and used for the election of state, county, and other officers and shall be received and deposited in a separate ballot box. If the proposition to change the county seat is ratified by two-thirds of the votes cast, then the municipality specified in the petition shall be the county seat. The votes cast shall be returned, canvassed, and certified as provided by law for the return of votes at any general election.

Source: SDC 1939, § 12.0502; SL 1981, ch 44, § 3.

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7-6-5. Form and casting of ballots on change of county seat--Application of general election law. The ballots used at said election for the change of the county seat shall be in such form as the board of county commissioners shall prescribe, and such ballots shall be separate from the ballots cast and used for the election of state, county, and other officers and shall be received and deposited in a separate ballot box. If the proposition to change the county seat is ratified by two-thirds of the votes cast, then the municipality specified in the petition shall be the county seat. The votes cast shall be returned, canvassed, and certified as provided by law for the return of votes at any general election.

Source: SDC 1939, § 12.0502; SL 1981, ch 44, § 3.

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7-6-5. Form and casting of ballots on change of county seat--Application of general election law. The ballots used at said election for the change of the county seat shall be in such form as the board of county commissioners shall prescribe, and such ballots shall be separate from the ballots cast and used for the election of state, county, and other officers and shall be received and deposited in a separate ballot box. If the proposition to change the county seat is ratified by two-thirds of the votes cast, then the municipality specified in the petition shall be the county seat. The votes cast shall be returned, canvassed, and certified as provided by law for the return of votes at any general election.

Source: SDC 1939, § 12.0502; SL 1981, ch 44, § 3.