12-15-1. Appointment by county auditor of precinct election officials–Names submitted by parties. The county auditor shall, not less than twenty days before any election, appoint a precinct superintendent and two precinct deputies who shall constitute the precinct election board and a precinct superintendent and two precinct deputies of the counting board if the board is […]
12-15-1.3. Precinct assistant–Appointment–Duties. In addition to the precinct election board, the person in charge of the election may appoint a person to be designated as the precinct assistant. The precinct superintendent shall prescribe the duties and conduct of the precinct assistant. The precinct assistant may not perform any of the duties of the precinct superintendent […]
12-15-10. Replacement of precinct superintendent or precinct deputy failing to take oath or to serve. If any person appointed as precinct superintendent or precinct deputy neglects or refuses to be sworn or to act as such, the position of the person shall be filled by the voters of the precinct present at the polling place […]
12-15-11. Fee paid precinct superintendent and precinct deputy–Mileage for returning pollbooks and ballot boxes. Each precinct superintendent and precinct deputy shall receive a fee to be established annually by resolution of the board of county commissioners at its first regular meeting each year. The person delivering the pollbooks and ballot boxes to the proper authority […]
12-15-13. Certification of fee of precinct superintendent and precinct deputy–Order for payment from treasury. The county auditor shall, on the receipt of the returns of any primary, general, or special election make out a certificate stating the fee that each precinct superintendent and precinct deputy is entitled. The county auditor shall submit the certificate to […]
12-15-14. Counting boards in large paper ballot precincts–Duties. In each election precinct in which the number of ballots to be voted on paper ballots, including absentee ballots, has in prior general elections exceeded three hundred voters, the auditor shall appoint a precinct counting board to be composed of five precinct deputies, one of whom shall […]
12-15-14.1. Counting boards in smaller precincts to avoid unreasonable delay. Notwithstanding §12-15-14, the county auditor may appoint counting boards in those precincts where the number of ballots to be voted on paper ballots, including absentee ballots, has in prior elections unreasonably delayed the completion of the ballot count even though the total number of ballots […]
12-15-14.3. Certain relatives of candidates prohibited from serving on election and counting boards. No person may serve on an election or counting board who is a candidate or related by blood or marriage within the second degree to a candidate who is on the ballot in that precinct. Source: SL 1991, ch 120; SL 1993, […]
12-15-2. Precinct superintendent and deputy to be registered voters and residents of precinct–Vacancy on precinct election board. A precinct superintendent or precinct deputy appointed under §12-15-1 shall be a registered voter and a resident of the precinct for which the person is appointed. If the person in charge of the election is unable to appoint […]
12-15-2.1. Precinct superintendent and precinct deputy prohibited to serve as poll watchers. No person appointed as a precinct superintendent or precinct deputy may serve as a poll watcher at that election. Source: SL 1984, ch 109, §1; SL 1999, ch 69, §5.
12-15-3. Distribution of precinct officials among parties–Superintendent from majority party–Eligible appointees when list not provided. In the appointment of the members of the precinct election board and of the counting board pursuant to this chapter, if three or more parties have candidates on the official ballot, one precinct deputy shall be appointed from each party […]
12-15-7. Meetings of precinct officials for instruction on laws and duties–Compensation for attendance. Prior to each general or primary election, each county auditor, assisted by the state’s attorney, shall call together the superintendents from each of the precincts in the county, and any precinct deputy as the county auditor may deem appropriate, at some convenient […]
12-15-9. Oath of precinct officials–Entry in pollbook–Violation of oath as misdemeanor. Before performing election day duties, each precinct superintendent, precinct deputy, and precinct assistant of the election and counting boards shall severally take an oath in the following form: I, A.B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will perform the duties of precinct superintendent […]
