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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