12-19-7.
Marking and folding ballot--Officer before whom marked--Mailing or delivering
ballot.
A voter voting an absentee ballot shall mark it and fold it without revealing the marks to any
other person. The voter shall place the voted ballots in the return envelope provided and seal the
envelope. The voter shall sign the statement on the return envelope. The voter shall either mail the
ballot, deliver it in person or have it delivered to the person in charge of the election.
Source: SL 1913, ch 200, § 2; SL 1917, ch 233, § 2; SL 1918 (SS), ch 45; RC 1919, § 7227; SL
1925, ch 159, § 2; SL 1929, ch 114, § 1; SDC 1939, § 16.0607; SL 1944 (SS), ch 2, § 5; SL 1953,
ch 75, § 4; SL 1957, ch 85, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 16.0614; SL 1963, ch 110, § 2; SDCL, § 12-19-29; SL 1972, ch 90, § 2; SL 1974, ch 118, § 138; SL 1976, ch 105, § 64; SL 1983, ch 115; SL 1985,
ch 115; SL 1992, ch 115, § 3.