An Act to amend the process by which the address of a registered voter is verified.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 12-4:

The county auditor must send a nonforwardable, return-if-undeliverable address verification request to a voter in the active registration file if the auditor receives an affidavit from the owner of a property who attests that an individual in the active registration file is:

(1) Registered as a voter at the address of the owner's property; and

(2) Does not live at the address.

If the auditor receives an affidavit, pursuant to this section, and, after researching the voter, determines the affidavit is a valid challenge to the voter's registration address, the county auditor must send the address verification request within two days of receiving the affidavit.

Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 12-4:

If an address verification request sent to a registered voter upon receipt of an affidavit, pursuant to subdivision 12-4-19(2), is not returned to the county auditor within the stated time limit, or is returned as undeliverable, the county auditor must cancel the individual's voter registration.