12-3-6. Counties covered by Voting Rights Act Amendments--Designation by federal agencies--Notice from secretary of state.Whenever the United States Department of Justice and the United States Census Bureau, acting pursuant to Public Law 94-73, designate any county in South Dakota to be covered under the provisions of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975, the county so designated shall be governed by the provisions of §§12-3-6 to 12-3-13, inclusive. The secretary of state shall notify those affected counties that they are covered by the provisions of Public Law 94-73. Source: SL 1976, ch 104, §1.
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