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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bHG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bNormal"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bHG4C">INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bNormal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294b000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Initiative and referenda petitions--Number of signatures required--Signatory information required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Initiated constitutional amendment--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Initiated measure--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.5" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.6" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.7" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.8" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.9" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 2012, ch 18, §§ 4, 5.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-2.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Withdrawal of initiated constitutional amendment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-2.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-2.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Withdrawal of initiated measure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Referendum--Laws subject to petition--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Referred law--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-3.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-3.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Withdrawal of petition for referred law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 2012, ch 18, § 6.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Total vote used to determine number of signers required in petitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Persons qualified to sign petitions--False or unqualified signing as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-6.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-6.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 1989, ch 23, § 3.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-6.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-6.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 2012, ch 18, § 7.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-6.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-6.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-6.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-6.3</span></a><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2009, ch 64, § 6, eff. July 1, 2010.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Petitions to be signed in person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 1990, ch 104, § 1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Separate papers constituting single petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Verification of petition circulator--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Petitions liberally construed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-11.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-11.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Initiated measure to embrace only one subject.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Effective date of measures approved by voters.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 1989, ch 23, § 5.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Signatures secured contrary to law not to be counted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Petition examined by secretary of state--Public record--Signature count--Random sample.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Signatures to be verified by random sampling--Methodology.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Certification of results of random sampling--Notification of petition sponsors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-17.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Submission of affidavit challenging petition to secretary of state--Appeal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Court challenge to petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-18.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Petition signature withdrawal--Written notification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-18.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Petition signature withdrawal--Challenge required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Transferred to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-9-33" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-9-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-9-34" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-9-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont"> by SL 2017, ch 17, § 3.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-21" rel="noopener"><span class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">2-1-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s654ca1c2db31431dae2d0b7af2e6294bDefaultParagraphFont">    Violations by petition sponsor or circulator--Four-year prohibition--Civil penalty.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } 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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1" rel="noopener"><span class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72SENU">2-1-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72SENU">. </span><span class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72CL">Initiative and referenda petitions--Number of signatures required--Signatory information required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72Statute"><span class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72DefaultParagraphFont">All measures proposed by initiative must be presented by petition. A petition to propose a measure by initiative must be signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors of the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72Statute"><span class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72DefaultParagraphFont">All proposals requiring that a law enacted by the Legislature be submitted to a vote of the electors of the state must be presented by petition, signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors of the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72Statute"><span class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72DefaultParagraphFont">When signing a petition to propose a measure or an amendment to the Constitution by initiative, or to refer a law to a vote of the electors of the state, an individual must provide the individual's name, signature, address at which the individual is currently registered to vote, the county in which the individual is registered as a voter, and the date of signing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sa4caf05f8c7545888917d0eb29693d72SCL">SDC 1939, § 55.0401; SL 1957, ch 278, § 1; SL 1976, ch 105, § 76; SL 1978, ch 19, § 1; SL 1989, ch 23, § 1; SL 2025, ch 14, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; 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margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.1 - Initiated constitutional amendment--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.1 - Initiated constitutional amendment--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7SENU">2-1-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7SENU">. </span><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7CL">Initiated constitutional amendment--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Statute"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">A petition sponsor shall file, in a physical and electronic copy format, a petition for an initiated amendment to the South Dakota Constitution, as it is to be circulated, with the secretary of state before the petition may be circulated and at least one year before the next general election at which the initiated amendment to the constitution is proposed to be submitted to the voters. The petition must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Be accompanied by the full text of the initiated amendment in fourteen-point font;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Designate, in fourteen-point font, the date of the general election at which the initiated amendment is to be submitted;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Contain, in fourteen-point font, the title and explanation of the initiated amendment as prepared by the attorney general, pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-13-25.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">12-13-25.1</span></a><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Contain the fiscal note, if any, prepared pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-9-30" rel="noopener"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">2-9-30</span></a><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">, in fourteen-point font;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Be accompanied by a notarized affidavit form, signed by each person who is a petition sponsor, which includes the name and address of each petition sponsor; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Be accompanied by a statement of organization as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-27-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">12-27-6</span></a><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Statute"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">The title to be contained on a petition for an initiated amendment, pursuant to subdivision (3), must be included on both sides of the sheet of paper on which the petition is printed. The title printed on the back side of the petition must be printed in at least sixteen-point font.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">Only an individual who is registered as a voter of this state, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">12-4</span></a><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">, may be a petition sponsor for an initiated amendment to the constitution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Statute"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">Each petition circulator shall provide to each individual who signs the petition a circulator handout containing the title of the initiated amendment to the Constitution, as prepared by the attorney general; the full text of the initiated amendment to the Constitution; the name, phone number, and email address of each petition sponsor; and a statement indicating whether the petition circulator is a volunteer or a paid circulator and, if a paid circulator, the amount the circulator is being paid. The secretary of state must approve the circulator handout for each initiated amendment to the Constitution before the petition is circulated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Statute"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">A petition for an initiated amendment to the constitution may not be circulated more than twenty-four months before the general election that was designated pursuant to subdivision (2). A sworn affidavit, signed by at least two-thirds of the petition sponsors, stating that the documents filed constitute the entire petition and to the best of the knowledge of the sponsors contains a sufficient number of signatures, must also be filed with the secretary of state. The initiated amendment petition signatures must be filed with the secretary of state by the first Tuesday in February of a general election year for the initiated amendment to qualify for submission to the voters at the next general election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Statute"><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont">The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form of the petition, including petition size and petition font size for ballot measure language not prescribed in this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s4cad8abed5e048748da87c1455f3e9c7SCL">SL 2012, ch 18, § 2; SL 2016, ch 23, § 1; SL 2016, ch 24, § 1; SL 2017, ch 16, § 7; SL 2018, ch 21, § 1; SL 2018, ch 22, § 3; SL 2018, ch 75, § 2; SL 2018, ch 80, § 4; SL 2019, ch 14, § 8, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 9; SL 2021, ch 15, § 2; SL 2023, ch 8, § 1; SL 2024, ch 16, § 1; SL 2025, ch 15, § 1; SL 2025, ch 16, § 1; SL 2025, ch 17, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6b000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bNoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.2 - Initiated measure--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.2 - Initiated measure--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.2"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bSENU">2-1-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bSENU">. </span><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bCL">Initiated measure--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatute"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">A petition sponsor shall file, in physical and electronic copy format, a petition for an initiated measure, as it is to be circulated, with the secretary of state, before the petition may be circulated and at least one year before the next general election at which the initiated measure is proposed to be submitted to the voters. The petition must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Be accompanied by the full text of the initiated measure in fourteen-point font;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Designate, in fourteen-point font, the date of the general election at which the initiated measure is to be submitted;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Contain, in fourteen-point font, the title and explanation of the initiated measure as prepared by the attorney general, pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-13-25.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">12-13-25.1</span></a><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Contain the fiscal note, if any, prepared pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-9-30" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">2-9-30</span></a><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">, in fourteen-point font;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Be accompanied by a notarized affidavit form signed by each person who is a petition sponsor, which includes the name and address of each petition sponsor; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Be accompanied by a statement of organization as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-27-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">12-27-6</span></a><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatute"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">The title to be contained on a petition for an initiated amendment, pursuant to subdivision (3), must be included on both sides of the sheet of paper on which the petition is printed. The title printed on the back side of the petition must be printed in at least sixteen-point font.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">Only an individual who is registered as a voter of this state, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">12-4</span></a><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">, may be a petition sponsor for an initiated measure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatute"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">Each petition circulator shall provide to each individual who signs the petition a circulator handout containing the title of the initiated measure as prepared by the attorney general; the full text of the initiated measure; the name, phone number, and email address of each petition sponsor; and a statement indicating whether the petition circulator is a volunteer or a paid circulator and, if a paid circulator, the amount the circulator is being paid. The secretary of state must approve the circulator handout for each initiated measure before the petition is circulated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatute"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">A petition for an initiated measure may not be circulated more than twenty-four months before the general election that was designated pursuant to subdivision (2). A sworn affidavit, signed by at least two-thirds of the petition sponsors, stating that the documents filed constitute the entire petition and to the best of the knowledge of the sponsors contains a sufficient number of signatures, must also be filed with the secretary of state. The initiated measure petition signatures must be filed with the secretary of state by the first Tuesday in February of a general election year for the initiated measure to qualify for submission to the voters at the next general election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bStatute"><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont">The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form of the petition, including petition size and petition font size for ballot measure language not prescribed in this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6b000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s1a8f91a0f4764ba383e5654b2102af6bSCL">SL 2012, ch 18, § 3; SL 2016, ch 23, § 2; SL 2016, ch 24, § 2; SL 2017, ch 16, § 8; SL 2018, ch 21, § 2; SL 2018, ch 22, § 4; SL 2018, ch 75, § 3; SL 2018, ch 80, § 5; SL 2019, ch 14, § 9, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 11; SL 2021, ch 15, § 1; SL 2023, ch 8, § 2; SL 2024, ch 16, § 2; SL 2025, ch 15, § 2; SL 2025, ch 16, § 2; SL 2025, ch 17, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.3 - Definitions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.3 - Definitions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.3" rel="noopener"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93SENU">2-1-1.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93SENU">. </span><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93Statute"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber1"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Circulates," either:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber2"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Physically presents or otherwise makes available a ballot measure petition to another person for that person's signature; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber2"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Solicits from another person, personally and in the presence of such other person, a signature on a ballot measure petition, while acting in concert with another person who simultaneously physically presents or otherwise makes available the ballot measure petition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Petition circulator," the same as the term is defined under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-3" rel="noopener"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">12-1-3</span></a><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber1"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Petition sponsor," any person who proposes the placement of a statewide ballot measure on the ballot;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Ballot measure," any measure placed on a statewide ballot in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.2" rel="noopener"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">, or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-3.1</span></a><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber1"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Paid circulator," any person who receives money or anything of value as consideration, in whole or in part, for acting as a petition circulator;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93StatuteNumber1"><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Volunteer circulator," any person who does not receive money or anything of value as consideration, in whole or in part, for acting as a petition circulator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sa36b2b2cebcf424897038f7e410d9b93SCL">SL 2016, ch 24, § 4; SL 2018, ch 22, § 1; SL 2019, ch 14, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 2; SL 2024, ch 16, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2081613Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2081613DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081613000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081613DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2081613Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-1.4"><span class="s2081613DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-1.4</span></a><span class="s2081613DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081613Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081613000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081613Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081613DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2081613DefaultParagraphFont">SL 2018, ch 22, § 6; SL 2019, ch 14, § 2, eff. Jul. 1, 2020.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebc000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.5 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.5 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.5"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.5" rel="noopener"><span class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcSENU">2-1-1.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcSENU">. </span><span class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebc000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s85c5fbaec1a1408ca27514dacd562ebcSCL">SL 2019, ch 14, § 3, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 3; SL 2024, ch 16, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423d000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.6 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.6 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.6"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.6" rel="noopener"><span class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dSENU">2-1-1.6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dSENU">. </span><span class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423d000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s5e3845caa99e495db36aa2fe79c4423dSCL">SL 2019, ch 14, § 4, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 4; SL 2024, ch 16, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.7 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.7 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.7"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.7" rel="noopener"><span class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297SENU">2-1-1.7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297SENU">. </span><span class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sdf2cd6f3e4dc4adebbc27c813e316297SCL">SL 2019, ch 14, § 5, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 5; SL 2024, ch 16, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.8 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.8 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.8"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.8" rel="noopener"><span class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831SENU">2-1-1.8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831SENU">. </span><span class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s37b5dee9059d444e93e1301106008831SCL">SL 2019, ch 14, § 6, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 6; SL 2024, ch 16, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-1.9 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-1.9 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-1.9"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-1.9" rel="noopener"><span class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243SENU">2-1-1.9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243SENU">. </span><span class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s5fbc6ccf237c45f39a9f728fbae84243SCL">SL 2019, ch 14, § 7, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 7; SL 2024, ch 16, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032362Normal { 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.s2032362SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032362CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032362Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-2"><span class="s2032362SENU">2-1-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032362SENU">, 2-1-2.1. </span><span class="s2032362CL">Repealed by SL 2012, ch 18, §§ 4, 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032363Normal { 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.s2032363SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032363CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032363Normal-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.s2032363DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032363DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032363000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032363SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032363SCL-000003 { 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="s2032363Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-2.2"><span class="s2032363SENU">2-1-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032363SENU">. </span><span class="s2032363CL">Withdrawal of initiated constitutional amendment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032363Normal-000000"><span class="s2032363DefaultParagraphFont">A petition of the voters proposing an amendment to the Constitution may be withdrawn within the meaning of section 3 of article XXIII of the Constitution not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the next general election, if not less than two</span><span class="s2032363DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2032363DefaultParagraphFont">thirds of the named sponsors file with the secretary of state, in writing, their request for withdrawal of the question from the ballot. The secretary of state shall attach to the petitions on file the request for withdrawal and shall take no other action thereon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032363Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032363000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032363Normal"><span class="s2032363SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032363SCL-000003"> SL 1974, ch 118, § 50.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032364Normal { 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.s2032364SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032364CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032364Normal-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.s2032364DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032364000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032364SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032364SCL-000002 { 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="s2032364Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-2.3"><span class="s2032364SENU">2-1-2.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032364SENU">. </span><span class="s2032364CL">Withdrawal of initiated measure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032364Normal-000000"><span class="s2032364DefaultParagraphFont">A petition of the voters proposing an initiated measure may be withdrawn not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the next general election, if not less than two-thirds of the named sponsors file with the secretary of state, in writing, their request for withdrawal of the question from the ballot. The secretary of state shall attach to the petitions on file the request for withdrawal and shall take no other action thereon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032364Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032364000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032364Normal"><span class="s2032364SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032364SCL-000002"> SL 2009, ch 64, § 9, eff. July 1, 2010.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032365Normal { 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.s2032365SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032365CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032365Normal-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.s2032365DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032365000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032365SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032365SCL-000002 { 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="s2032365Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-3"><span class="s2032365SENU">2-1-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032365SENU">. </span><span class="s2032365CL">Referendum--Laws subject to petition--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032365Normal-000000"><span class="s2032365DefaultParagraphFont">Any law which the Legislature may have enacted, except one that may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, shall, upon the filing of a petition as provided in this chapter, be submitted to a vote of the electors of the state at the next general election. The petition shall be signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors of the state. The form of the petition, including petition size and petition font size, shall be prescribed by the State Board of Elections.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032365Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032365000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032365Normal"><span class="s2032365SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032365SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 55.0402; SL 1957, ch 278, § 2; SL 1976, ch 105, § 77; SL 2018, ch 75, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-3.1 - Referred law--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-3.1 - Referred law--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-3.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10SENU">2-1-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10SENU">. </span><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10CL">Referred law--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Statute"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">A petition sponsor shall file, in physical and electronic format, a petition to refer a law, as it is to be circulated, with the secretary of state before the petition may be circulated. The petition must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Contain, in fourteen-point font, the title of the referred law;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Contain the effective date of the referred law in fourteen-point font;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Contain the date of the general election at which the referred law is to be submitted in fourteen-point font;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Be accompanied by a notarized form signed by each person who is a petition sponsor, which includes the names and addresses of each petition sponsor; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Be accompanied by a statement of organization as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-27-6" rel="noopener"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">12-27-6</span></a><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Statute"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">The title required to be contained on a petition to refer a law, pursuant to subdivision (1), must be included on both sides of the sheet of paper on which the petition is printed. The title printed on the back side of the petition must be printed in at least sixteen-point font.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">Only an individual who is registered as a voter of this state, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-4" rel="noopener"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">12-4</span></a><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">, may be a petition sponsor for a petition to refer a law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Statute"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">The petition circulator shall provide to each person who signs the petition a circulator handout containing the title of the referred law; the name, phone number, and email address of each petition sponsor; a statement whether the petition circulator is a volunteer or paid circulator and, if a paid circulator, the amount the circulator is being paid. The secretary of state must approve the circulator handout for each referred law before the petition is circulated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Statute"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">The signatures on a petition to refer a law must be filed with the secretary of state within ninety days after the Legislature that passed the referred law adjourned sine die. A sworn affidavit, stating that the documents filed constitute the entire petition and, to the best knowledge of the sponsors, contain at least the number of valid signatures required by S.D. Const., Art. III § 1, must be signed by at least two-thirds of the petition sponsors and filed with the secretary of state, along with the petition signatures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Statute"><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont">The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form of the petition and affidavit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sb67cf860a1374a8ea7e9b2be0591aa10SCL">SL 2012, ch 18, § 1; SL 2016, ch 23, § 3; SL 2017, ch 16, § 9; SL 2018, ch 21, § 3; SL 2018, ch 22, § 5; SL 2019, ch 14, § 10, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 13; SL 2024, ch 16, § 4; SL 2025, ch 15, § 3; SL 2025, ch 17, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032367Normal { 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.s2032367SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032367CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032367Normal-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.s2032367DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032367000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032367SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032367SCL-000002 { 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="s2032367Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-3.2"><span class="s2032367SENU">2-1-3.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032367SENU">. </span><span class="s2032367CL">Withdrawal of petition for referred law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032367Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032367DefaultParagraphFont">A petition of the voters referring a law to the vote of the electors pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-3"><span class="s2032367DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032367DefaultParagraphFont"> may be withdrawn no later than one hundred twenty days prior to the next general election, if no less than two-thirds of the petition sponsors file with the secretary of state, in writing, their request for withdrawal of the question from the ballot. The secretary of state shall attach to the petitions on file the request for withdrawal and shall take no other action thereon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032367Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032367000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032367Normal"><span class="s2032367SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032367SCL-000002"> SL 2012, ch 19, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032368Normal { 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.s2032368SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032368CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032368Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-4"><span class="s2032368SENU">2-1-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032368SENU">. </span><span class="s2032368CL">Repealed by SL 2012, ch 18, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032369Normal { 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.s2032369SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032369CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032369Normal-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.s2032369DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032369000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032369SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032369SCL-000002 { 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="s2032369Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-5"><span class="s2032369SENU">2-1-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032369SENU">. </span><span class="s2032369CL">Total vote used to determine number of signers required in petitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032369Normal-000000"><span class="s2032369DefaultParagraphFont">The total number of votes cast for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, shall for the purposes of this chapter, be the basis for determining the number of petitioners required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032369Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032369000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032369Normal"><span class="s2032369SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032369SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 55.0404; SL 1976, ch 105, § 78.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032370Normal { 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.s2032370SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032370CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032370Normal-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.s2032370DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032370000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032370SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032370SCL-000002 { 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="s2032370Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-6"><span class="s2032370SENU">2-1-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032370SENU">. </span><span class="s2032370CL">Persons qualified to sign petitions--False or unqualified signing as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032370Normal-000000"><span class="s2032370DefaultParagraphFont">Every person who is a qualified voter may sign a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment or other measure or to refer a law. If a person, knowing he or she is not a qualified voter of the state or knowing that he or she has already signed the same petition, signs a petition for initiation of a constitutional amendment or other measure or for referral of legislation or if any person signs a name other than his or her own, that person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032370Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032370000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032370Normal"><span class="s2032370SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032370SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, §§ 55.0404, 55.9901; SL 1980, ch 24, § 15; SL 2007, ch 15, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032371Normal { 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.s2032371SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032371CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032371Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-6.1"><span class="s2032371SENU">2-1-6.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032371SENU">. </span><span class="s2032371CL">Repealed by SL 1989, ch 23, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032372Normal { 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.s2032372SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032372CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032372Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-6.2"><span class="s2032372SENU">2-1-6.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032372SENU">. </span><span class="s2032372CL">Repealed by SL 2012, ch 18, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM2-1-6.3 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 2-1-6.3 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 2-1-6.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 2-1-6.3. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2009, ch 64, &#167;&nbsp;6, eff. 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July 1, 2010.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032375Normal { 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.s2032375SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032375CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032375Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-8"><span class="s2032375SENU">2-1-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032375SENU">. </span><span class="s2032375CL">Repealed by SL 1990, ch 104, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032376SCL-000002 { 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="s2032376Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-9"><span class="s2032376SENU">2-1-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032376SENU">. </span><span class="s2032376CL">Separate papers constituting single petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032376Normal-000000"><span class="s2032376DefaultParagraphFont">A single petition may be made up of one or more papers, each having the requisite heading and verification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032376Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032376000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032376Normal"><span class="s2032376SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032376SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 55.0403; SL 1957, ch 278, § 3; SL 1986, ch 114, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-10 - Verification of petition circulator--Violation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-10 - Verification of petition circulator--Violation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-10"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62SENU">2-1-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62SENU">. </span><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62CL">Verification of petition circulator--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62Statute"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">Before filing a petition to initiate an amendment to the Constitution, for an initiated measure, or for a referred law, with the officer in whose office the petition is required to be filed, each petition circulator shall sign a verification attesting that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62StatuteNumber1"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The circulator personally circulated the petition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62StatuteNumber1"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The circulator is not attesting to any signature obtained by any other person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62StatuteNumber1"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The circulator is a resident of South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62StatuteNumber1"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The circulator made reasonable inquiry and, to the best of the circulator's knowledge, each person signing the petition is a qualified voter of the state in the county indicated on the signature line; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62StatuteNumber1"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    No state statute regarding the circulation of petitions was knowingly violated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form for the verification. The circulator's signature on the verification shall be witnessed and notarized by a notary public commissioned in South Dakota or other officer authorized to administer oaths pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-3-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">18-3-1</span></a><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont">. Any person who falsely attests to the verification provision provided in subdivision (1) is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Any person who falsely attests to the verification provisions provided in subdivisions (2) to (5), inclusive, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s76d1ac206f214b9fa2c39e778e017c62SCL">SDC 1939, § 55.0405; SL 1957, ch 278, § 4; SL 1974, ch 22; SL 1976, ch 105, § 79; SL 1989, ch 23, § 4; SL 2000, ch 19, § 1; SL 2007, ch 15, § 1; SL 2010, ch 74, § 1; SL 2018, ch 22, § 8; SL 2023, ch 9, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032378SCL-000002 { 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="s2032378Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-11"><span class="s2032378SENU">2-1-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032378SENU">. </span><span class="s2032378CL">Petitions liberally construed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032378Normal-000000"><span class="s2032378DefaultParagraphFont">The petitions herein provided for shall be liberally construed, so that the real intention of the petitioners may not be defeated by a mere technicality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032378Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032378000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032378Normal"><span class="s2032378SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032378SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 55.0406.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032379SCL-000002 { 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="s2032379Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-11.1"><span class="s2032379SENU">2-1-11.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032379SENU">. </span><span class="s2032379CL">Initiated measure to embrace only one subject.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032379Normal-000000"><span class="s2032379DefaultParagraphFont">No initiated measure may embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in the title.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032379Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032379000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032379Normal"><span class="s2032379SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032379SCL-000002"> SL 2018, ch 23, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032380SCL-000002 { 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="s2032380Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-12"><span class="s2032380SENU">2-1-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032380SENU">. </span><span class="s2032380CL">Effective date of measures approved by voters.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032380Normal-000000"><span class="s2032380DefaultParagraphFont">Each constitutional amendment, initiated measure, or referred law that is approved by a majority of all votes cast is effective on the first day of July after the completion of the official canvass by the State Canvassing Board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032380Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032380000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032380Normal"><span class="s2032380SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032380SCL-000002"> SL 1979, ch 11, § 2; SL 2017, ch 11, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032381Normal { 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.s2032381SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032381CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032381Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-13"><span class="s2032381SENU">2-1-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032381SENU">. </span><span class="s2032381CL">Repealed by SL 1989, ch 23, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032382SCL-000002 { 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="s2032382Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-14"><span class="s2032382SENU">2-1-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032382SENU">. </span><span class="s2032382CL">Signatures secured contrary to law not to be counted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032382Normal-000000"><span class="s2032382DefaultParagraphFont">All signatures secured in a manner contrary to the provisions of state law shall not be counted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032382Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032382000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032382Normal"><span class="s2032382SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032382SCL-000002"> SL 1988, ch 23, § 2; 1st SS 1991, ch 1, §§ 3, 4; SL 2019, ch 15, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-15 - Petition examined by secretary of state--Public record--Signature count--Random sample."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-15 - Petition examined by secretary of state--Public record--Signature count--Random sample."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-15"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-15" rel="noopener"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95SENU">2-1-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95SENU">. </span><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95CL">Petition examined by secretary of state--Public record--Signature count--Random sample.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">Upon receipt of a petition to initiate an amendment to the South Dakota Constitution, initiate a measure, or refer a law to a vote of the electors of the state, the secretary of state shall promptly examine and catalogue the petition and petition signatures and make them available to the public upon request and payment of the fee required by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-8-10" rel="noopener"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">1-8-10</span></a><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Statute"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">An individual's signature may not be counted by the secretary of state if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The individual is not a registered voter in the county indicated on the signature line; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The information provided by the individual on the petition form is not accurate or complete.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Statute"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">If the address provided by the individual is not substantially the same as the address at which the individual is currently registered to vote, the secretary of state may not count the signature.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">The secretary of state shall generate the random sample under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-16" rel="noopener"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont"> within five days of completing the examination and cataloguing of the petition signatures and shall make the random sample validation sheets available to the public, upon request and payment of the fee required by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-8-10" rel="noopener"><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">1-8-10</span></a><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sb1961d079e81481399cf832f1807aa95SCL">SL 2007, ch 16, § 1; SL 2019, ch 15, § 2; SL 2023, ch 8, § 3; SL 2025, ch 14, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032384Normal { 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.s2032384SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032384CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032384Normal-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.s2032384DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032384000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032384SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032384SCL-000002 { 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="s2032384Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-16"><span class="s2032384SENU">2-1-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032384SENU">. </span><span class="s2032384CL">Signatures to be verified by random sampling--Methodology.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032384Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032384DefaultParagraphFont">The secretary of state shall verify the signatures pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-15"><span class="s2032384DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032384DefaultParagraphFont"> by random sampling. The random sample of signatures to be verified shall be drawn so that each signature received by the secretary of state is given an equal opportunity to be included in the sample. The secretary of state shall calculate the number of valid signatures by multiplying the total number of signatures received by the percentage of successfully verified signatures from the random sample. The secretary of state shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2032384DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2032384DefaultParagraphFont">, establishing the methodology for conducting the random sample. The random sampling shall be an examination of the signatures received consisting of a number of signatures that is statistically correlative to not less than ninety-five percent level of confidence with a margin of error equal to not more than three and sixty-two one-hundredths percent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032384Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032384000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032384Normal"><span class="s2032384SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032384SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 16, § 2; SL 2017, ch 12, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032385Normal { 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.s2032385SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032385CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032385Normal-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.s2032385DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032385000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032385SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032385SCL-000002 { 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="s2032385Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-17"><span class="s2032385SENU">2-1-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032385SENU">. </span><span class="s2032385CL">Certification of results of random sampling--Notification of petition sponsors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032385Normal-000000"><span class="s2032385DefaultParagraphFont">If the random sample indicates that a sufficient number of qualified electors have signed the petition, the secretary of state shall certify that the petition has been signed by the required number of qualified electors and shall place the proposed measure or amendment on the next general election ballot. If the random sample indicates that an insufficient number of qualified electors have signed the petition, the secretary of state shall certify that the petition has not been signed by the required number of qualified electors and may not place the proposed measure or amendment on the next general election ballot. The secretary of state shall, within five days of certifying, notify the petition sponsors by certified mail of the secretary of state's action pursuant to this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032385Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032385000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032385Normal"><span class="s2032385SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032385SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 16, § 3; SL 2017, ch 12, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032386Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2032386SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032386CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032386Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2032386DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032386Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2032386Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2032386000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032386SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032386SCL-000004 { 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="s2032386Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-17.1"><span class="s2032386SENU">2-1-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032386SENU">. </span><span class="s2032386CL">Submission of affidavit challenging petition to secretary of state--Appeal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000000"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">Not more than thirty days after a statewide petition for an initiated amendment to the Constitution, initiated measure, or referred law has been validated and filed, any interested person who has researched the signatures contained on the petition may submit a sworn affidavit to the Office of Secretary of State to challenge the petition. The sworn affidavit shall include each specific deficiency other than the following:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000001"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Signer does not live at address listed on the petition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000001"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Circulator does not live at address listed on the petition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000001"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Circulator listed a residence address in South Dakota but is not a South Dakota resident;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000001"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Circulator did not witness the signers;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000001"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Signatures not included in the random sample; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000001"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Petition that was originally rejected.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000002"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">Any challenge by the same person or party in interest shall be included in one sworn affidavit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000002"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">The original sworn affidavit shall be received by the Office of Secretary of State by 5:00 p.m. central time on the date. If the sworn affidavit challenges any deficiency prohibited under this section, that deficiency shall be rejected. A challenge to a deficiency is not a challenge to the petition as a whole.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">No deficiency may be challenged a second time with the secretary of state. The secretary of state's decision regarding a challenge under this section may be appealed to the circuit court of Hughes County. Any person who does not challenge a petition pursuant to this section, may bring a challenge pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-18"><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-18</span></a><span class="s2032386DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032386000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032386Normal"><span class="s2032386SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032386SCL-000004"> SL 2017, ch 12, § 3; SL 2018, ch 24, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032387Normal { 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.s2032387SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032387CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032387Normal-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.s2032387DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032387000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032387SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032387SCL-000002 { 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="s2032387Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-18"><span class="s2032387SENU">2-1-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387SENU">. </span><span class="s2032387CL">Court challenge to petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032387Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-15"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-18"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, prohibits any interested person who has researched the signatures contained on a validated petition from challenging in circuit court the validity of any signature, the veracity of the petition circulator's attestation, or any other information required on a petition by statute or administrative rule, including any deficiency that is prohibited from challenge under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-17.1"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">. The results of the process of signature verification by the Office of the Secretary of State under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be presumed valid as applied to all signatures for purposes of considering any additional ground for disqualifying petition signatures, including any ground listed in subdivisions </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-17.1"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">(1) to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-17.1"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">(4), inclusive, and cumulating total valid signatures to determine the results of an appeal under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-17.1"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">. The summons and complaint for a challenge under this section shall be served on each petition sponsor as a party defending the validated petition being challenged. Any appearance by the attorney general at a challenge under this section shall be limited to the process of signature verification by the Office of the Secretary of State under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">. For purposes of determining whether a sufficient number of valid signatures has been submitted, the interested person may elect to proceed with a challenge limited to the sample generated in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-16"><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">2-1-16</span></a><span class="s2032387DefaultParagraphFont">, with the resulting valid sample percentage applied to the entirety of the petition signatures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032387Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032387Normal"><span class="s2032387SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032387SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 16, § 4; SL 2017, ch 12, § 2; SL 2018, ch 24, § 2; SL 2019, ch 15, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal-000001 { margin-left: 1.00in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-18.1 - Petition signature withdrawal--Written notification."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-18.1 - Petition signature withdrawal--Written notification."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-18.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721SENU">2-1-18.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721SENU">. </span><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont">Petition signature withdrawal--Written notification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">An individual who has signed a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment or measure, or to refer a law, may submit a written notification to the secretary of state stating that the individual's name be withdrawn from the petition. A signature may be withdrawn as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">2-1-18.2</span></a><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">The written notification must include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal-000001"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">(1)    The title of the petition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal-000001"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">(2)    The printed name, signature, residence address, and county of registration of the individual withdrawing the individual's signature from the petition; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal-000001"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">(3)    A statement that the individual is withdrawing the individual's signature from the petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">The individual s signature on the written statement must be witnessed and notarized by a notary public commissioned in South Dakota or other officer authorized to administer oaths pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-3-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">18-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">. For a written notification to withdraw a signature to be valid under this section, an individual must submit the written notification to the secretary of state at any time before the petition from which the individual is submitting a written notification for withdrawal under this section and § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">2-1-18.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000"> is filed and certified for placement on the next general election ballot under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">2-1-17</span></a><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal"><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">The written notification may be delivered by hand, or United States registered mail to the secretary of state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s805ce8ede07844ab822be4b872529721DefaultParagraphFont-000000">SL 2024, ch 17, § 1, eff. Mar. 14, 2024.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7Statute { margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7DefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 2-1-18.2 - Petition signature withdrawal--Challenge required."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 2-1-18.2 - Petition signature withdrawal--Challenge required."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-1-18.2"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7SENU">2-1-18.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7SENU">. </span><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7DefaultParagraphFont">Petition signature withdrawal--Challenge required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7DefaultParagraphFont-000000">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">If a challenge to a validated petition is filed pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-17.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">2-1-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">2-1-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">, the secretary of state must provide to each party to the proceeding all written notifications, submitted under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">2-1-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">.1, that pertain to the validated petition being challenged. If a signature is withdrawn pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-1-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">2-1-18</span></a><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7StatuteChar">.1, the signature is deemed withdrawn from the petition and may not be counted as valid in a challenge.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s2a71b6528d7d479eb4ce1f4e011064a7DefaultParagraphFont-000000">SL 2024, ch 17, § 2, eff. Mar. 14, 2024.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032388Normal { 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.s2032388SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032388CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032388Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-19"><span class="s2032388SENU">2-1-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032388SENU">, 2-1-20. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032388CL">Transferred to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-9-33"><span class="s2032388CL">2-9-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032388CL">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-9-34"><span class="s2032388CL">2-9-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032388CL"> by SL 2017, ch 17, § 3 .</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 2-1 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032389Normal { 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.s2032389SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032389CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032389Normal-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.s2032389DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032389000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032389SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032389SCL-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="s2032389Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=2-1-21"><span class="s2032389SENU">2-1-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032389SENU">. </span><span class="s2032389CL">Violations by petition sponsor or circulator--Four-year prohibition--Civil penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032389Normal-000000"><span class="s2032389DefaultParagraphFont">If any petition sponsor, or any person or entity compensated by the petition sponsor or a ballot question committee for purposes of petition circulation, knowingly or with reckless disregard commits multiple violations of the law regarding petition circulation, residency of a petition circulator, or campaign finance regulation, the petition sponsor, person, or entity, including any person serving as a member of the board or as an officer of the entity, is prohibited from being a petition sponsor or petition circulator, and from performing any work for any ballot question committee for a period of four years in addition to any other penalty imposed under state or federal law. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall also result in a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars to be deposited into the state general fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032389Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032389000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032389Normal"><span class="s2032389SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032389SCL-000002"> SL 2018, ch 22, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>