CHAPTER 35: ELECTIONS
Section
   35.01   Area description
   35.02   Polling location
   35.03   Ward map
   35.04   Election by majority
§ 35.01 AREA DESCRIPTION.
   There shall be three wards in the city:
   (A)   The First Ward shall be the area east and south of a line beginning at the city limits on the platted right-of-way of South Main Street, north to Sixth Street, east to Jefferson Street, north to Second Street, east to South Dakota Highway 44, and east on South Dakota Highway 44 to the city limits; and
   (B)   The Second Ward shall be the area west and south of a line beginning at the platted right-of-way of South Main Street, north to Sixth Street, east to Jefferson Street, north to Fifth Street, west to South County Road, south to Seventh Street, and west to the city limits; and
   (C)   The Third Ward shall be the area north of a line beginning at the city limits on West Seventh Street, east to South County Road, north to Fifth Street, east to Jefferson Street, north to Second Street, east to South Dakota Highway 44, and east on South Dakota Highway 44 to the city limits.
(SDCL § 9-19-16) (Prior Code, § 2.01.01) (Ord. 190, passed - -; Ord. 317, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 736, passed - -; Ord. 810, passed - -; Ord. 1016, passed 12-6-2021)
§ 35.02 POLLING LOCATION.
   The polling location for all municipal elections shall be determined by the City Council and published by the required deadlines governing the conduct of municipal elections.
(SDCL § 9-19-16) (Prior Code, § 2.01.02) (Ord. 190, passed - -; Ord. 317, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 736, passed - -; Ord. 758, passed - -)
§ 35.03 WARD MAP.
 
(Prior Code, § 2.01.03) (Ord. 1016, passed 12-6-2021)
§ 35.04 ELECTION BY MAJORITY.
   In all elections for elective office within the city, including Council members and Mayor, if no candidate in a race involving three or more candidates receives a majority of the votes cast for that particular elective office, a runoff election shall be held three weeks from the date of the first election. At the runoff election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the first election shall be on the ballot. However, if there is a tie for second place in the first election and there is no tie for first place, all tying second place candidates shall be placed along with the first place candidate on the ballot for the runoff election. The runoff election shall be held at the same polling places and shall be conducted, returned and canvassed in the same manner as the first election. The person receiving the highest number of votes at the runoff election is elected.
(Ord. 931, passed 8-5-2019)