One of the judges shall be chair of the election board and may administer all oaths required in the progress of an election. The chair may appoint judges and clerks, if during the progress of the election any judge or clerk ceases to act. Any member of the board of election, or any clerk of the board of election, may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0806; SDCL § 46-12-32; SL 2011, ch 165, § 341.