{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-12-1-9.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 12-1-9.1","heading":"Ranked choice voting prohibited.","body":"The State Board of Elections may not authorize and a political subdivision may not adopt or enforce in any manner a rule, resolution, charter provision, or ordinance establishing a system of voting for any office where:\n(1) Voters rank candidates in order of preference;\n(2) Tabulation proceeds in rounds where in each round either a candidate is elected or the last-place candidate is eliminated;\n(3) Votes are transferred from elected or eliminated candidates to the voter's next-ranked candidate in order of preference; and\n(4) Tabulation ends when a candidate receives the majority of votes cast or the number of candidates elected equals the number of offices to be filled.","path":["TITLE 12. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 12-1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND STATE BOARD"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/12-1-9.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"1744d830315b43369936a0e1ce3c5fe681be0d32011d719fe31efafba166ae71","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-12-1-9","next":"us-sd/sdcl-12-1-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}