Section 9-13-25 - Person with highest number of votes for office to be declared elected. - South Dakota Statutes

9-13-25. Person with highest number of votes for office to be declared elected. In any municipality, the person having the highest number of votes for any office shall be declared elected. However, the governing board of any municipality may, on or before the first of October in the year preceding, approve an ordinance requiring a secondary election to be conducted pursuant to §§ 9-13-26.1 and 9-13-27.1.

Source: RPolC 1903, § 1290; RC 1919, § 6329; SDC 1939, § 45.1323; SL 1963, ch 279, § 2; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1993, ch 70, § 1; SL 2009, ch 33, § 1; SL 2010, ch 74, § 7.