<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0 { 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.sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:08:00.01"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000000">5:02:08:00.01</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000001">.  Requirements for counting signatures on petitions.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">A signature on a petition sheet may not be counted if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (1)  The form of the petition does not meet the requirements of this chapter;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (2)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The petition sheet is not a self-contained sheet of paper printed front and back</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (3)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The circulator's verification, as described in §</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:08:00"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">5:02:08:00</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">, is not completed or is improperly completed, unless the missing information is completed elsewhere on the petition sheet. A completed circulator's verification must include the printed name of the circulator, the circulator's residence address, and the complete date</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (4)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The declaration of candidacy was not</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (a)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">Completed on or after the first date authorized by law to circulate the petition</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (b)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">Signed by the candidate or the signature was not witnessed by an official empowered to administer oaths in this state</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (5)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The circulator's verification was signed by more than one circulator</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (6)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">On a petition for a legislative candidate, the petition does not include</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (a)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The number of the district for which the candidate is running; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (b)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">Whether the candidate is running for senate or house</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (7)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The individual signed the petition prior to when, as applicable</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (a)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The candidate signed the candidate's declaration of candidacy; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (b)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">A copy of the text of a statewide ballot question was filed with the secretary of state</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (8)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The signature was applied after the circulator completed the verification</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (9)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The voter registration address of the individual signing the petition does not include</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (a)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">A street address and house number or a rural route and box number and the municipality where the individual is registered to vote, or if the individual is registered to vote in a second- or third-class municipality, a post office box number; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">        (b)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">A description of the location at which the individual is registered to vote, if the individual does not have a voter registration address or post office box number;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (10)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">On a petition for a statewide ballot question, the address provided by the individual is not substantially the same as the address at which the individual is currently registered to vote</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (11)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The date of signing, including month and day, is not indicated</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (12)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The signer's name is not printed or is not legible; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    (13)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">The signer's county of voter registration is not provided</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0"> 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 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; 26 SDR 168, effective June 25, 2000; 33 SDR 230, effective July 1, 2007; 35 SDR 48, effective September 8, 2008</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">; 44 SDR 94, effective December 4, 2017</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">; 46 SDR 42, effective September 30, 2019</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">; 52 SDR 41, effective October 27, 2025</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">12-1-9</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-15"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">2-1-15</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13-11"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">9-13-11</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-1"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">12-1-1</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-1.1"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">12-1-1.1</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-2"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">12-1-2</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">,</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-6-7.1"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">12-6-7.1</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">,</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-6-8"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">12-6-8</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-7-6"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0-000003">13-7-6</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sa52a44c5-703c-4769-8749-59e7b38dd0e9000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>