<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000001">.  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000001"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000001">Voter registration form. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">The voter registration form </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0"> be legibly printed on </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">one or more pages that are eight-and-a-half-</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">inch</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">wide by </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">eleven-</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">inch</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">tall paper </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">and contain</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (1)  The deadline for voter registration;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (2)  Whether the applicant is a U.S. citizen;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (3)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">Whether the applicant has </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">had, in this state, an actual fixed permanent dwelling, establishment, or any other abode where the applicant lives and usually sleeps</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0"> for at least thirty consecutive days at the time of the election</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (4)  Whether the applicant is a resident of only one place;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (5)  Whether the applicant will be at least eighteen years of age at the time of the next election;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (6)  The applicant's name;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (7)  The applicant's residence or voting address in South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (8)  </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">The applicant´s mailing address if different than the applicant´s residence or voting address</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (9)  "</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">If you live in a rural area and do not have a street address; if your residence address is a PO Box, rural box, or general delivery; or if you have no address, please describe the physical location of your residence in writing in the space </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">provided</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, which may include writing the names of the streets or intersections nearest to where you live and listing any landmarks (e.g., schools, churches, stores) near where you live. If you run out of room, or if you want to draw a map to pinpoint your residence and you do not have enough room in the space provided, use the back of this form</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">";</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (10)  "If you use a commercial mail receiving agency, mail forwarding service, or other post office box as your residence or voting address without a description of the location of your habitation, you may be registered only as a federal voter";</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (11)  The applicant's date of birth;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (12)  The applicant's telephone number (optional);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (13)  The applicant's email address (optional);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (14)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">The applicant´s current South Dakota driver license number or South Dakota nondriver identification </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">card </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">number</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (15)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">If the applicant does not have a current South Dakota driver license number or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">South Dakota </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">nondriver identification </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">card </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">number, the last four numbers of the applicant´s SSN</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (16)  The applicant's choice of party (optional);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (17)  </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">The following as depicted on the applicant´s previous voter registration if the applicant seeks to cancel the applicant´s prior voter registration</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (a)  Name;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (b)  Address;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (c)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">Driver license or nondriver identification </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">card </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">number and state, or last four numbers of SSN; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (d)  County; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    (18)  A signed statement declaring under the penalty of perjury that the applicant:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (a)  </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">Is a citizen of the United States of America</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (b) </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">Will be at least eighteen years of age at the time of the next election</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (c)  Is a resident of the state of South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (d)  Has not been judged mentally incompetent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (e) Is not currently serving a sentence for a felony conviction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (f)   </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">Has complied with South Dakota law regarding registration of voters, pursuant to SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4</span></a><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">        (g)  Authorizes the cancellation of a previous registration, if applicable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    The </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">Secretary of State s Office shall produce a voter registration form containing the above information and distribute </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">the form</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0"> to the county auditors</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">. A county auditor may create a large print version of the voter registration form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0"> 2 SDR 5, effective July 30, 1975; 5 SDR 31, effective November 1, 1978; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 12 SDR 43, effective September 23, 1985; 14 SDR 19, effective August 9, 1987; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 19 SDR 12, effective August 5, 1992; 21 SDR 77, effective October 24, 1994; 22 SDR 95, effective January 18, 1996; 23 SDR 115, effective January 22, 1997; 25 SDR 167, effective July 6, 1999; 29 SDR 177, effective July 2, 2003; 30 SDR 171, effective May 10, 2004; 31 SDR 214, effective July 4, 2005; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 35 SDR 48, effective September 8, 2008; 39 SDR 123, effective January 16, 2013</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">; 42 SDR 178, effective July 1, 2016</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">; 46 SDR 42, effective September 30, 2019</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">; 49 SDR 47, effective November 21, 2022; 49 SDR 89, effective May 1, 2023; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023; 51 SDR 141, effective July 1, 2025; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025; 52 SDR 32, effective January 1, 2026</span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-1-9</span></a><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">    </span><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-3-1"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4-1.2"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4-1.3"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4-1.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4-3"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4-5.4"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4-5.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4-6"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4-8"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4-15"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-4-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-20-1.1"><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0-000003">12-20-1.1</span></a><span class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdd83dacf-71aa-4aa0-86d7-282aa8b6c90b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>