SOUTH DAKOTA
Presidential and State Primary registration deadline – Application must
be received by county auditor by May 21, 2012
Presidential and State Primary date – June 5, 2012
General Election registration date – Application must be received by
county auditor by October 22, 2012
Election information phone number – 605-773-3537
State election website –
http://sdsos.gov/Elections/Default.aspx
Early voting
In person – Any voter may vote early in
person, no excuse required. Beginning six weeks prior to an election and
ending the day before the election, a voter may go to the County Auditor’s
Office, fill out an application for an absentee ballot and vote the ballot
there.
Early in-person voting – September 21 to November
5
South Dakota voters may go to their local County Auditor’s
Office to vote early in person. To find out voting hours and locations,
voters should contact their County Auditor’s Office. Contact information for
County Auditor’s Offices is available at
http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/auditorcontactinformation.shtm
By mail – Any voter may vote early by
mail, no excuse required. Applications for an absentee/vote-by-mail ballot
may be made up until 3:00 pm on Election Day. Absentee ballots must be
received by the close of polls on Election Day.
Absentee voting by mail – Begins September 21
South Dakota absentee vote-by-mail information is
available at -
http://sdsos.gov/Elections/WhatAmI.aspx?pnl=absentee
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