<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-4-36 - Rebuttable presumption that certain electors not qualified. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2040529Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2040529SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040529CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040529Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2040529DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040529000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040529SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040529SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2040529Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-4-36"><span class="s2040529SENU">12-4-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529SENU">. </span><span class="s2040529CL">Rebuttable presumption that certain electors not qualified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040529Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">There is a rebuttable presumption that the signer of a petition filed pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">2-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=6-16"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">6-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=7-18A"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">7-18A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-13"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">9-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-20"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">9-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-6"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">12-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-7"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">, or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-7"><span class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont">13-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529DefaultParagraphFont"> is not a qualified elector if the signer's name fails to appear on the active or inactive voter registration list of the county stated on the petition as the signer's county of registration on the date the petition was signed. This rebuttable presumption may only be overcome by clear and convincing evidence presented by the petition sponsor, circulator, or candidate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040529Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040529Normal"><span class="s2040529SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040529SCL-000002"> SL 2001, ch 65, § 1; SL 2013, ch 63, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>