Section 12-15-11 – Fee paid precinct superintendent and precinct deputy–Mileage for returning pollbooks and ballot boxes.
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 […]
Section 12-15-13 – Certification of fee of precinct superintendent and precinct deputy–Order for payment from treasury.
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 […]
Section 12-15-14 – Counting boards in large paper ballot precincts–Duties.
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 […]
Section 12-15-14.1 – Counting boards in smaller precincts to avoid unreasonable delay.
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 […]
Section 12-15-14.3 – Certain relatives of candidates prohibited from serving on election and counting boards.
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, […]
Section 12-15-7 – Meetings of precinct officials for instruction on laws and duties–Compensation for attendance.
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 […]
Section 12-15-9 – Oath of precinct officials–Entry in pollbook–Violation of oath as misdemeanor.
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 […]
Section 12-15-10 – Replacement of precinct superintendent or precinct deputy failing to take oath or to serve.
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 […]
Section 12-15-1 – Appointment by county auditor of precinct election officials–Names submitted by parties.
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 […]
Section 12-15-1.3 – Precinct assistant–Appointment–Duties.
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 […]