<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 6-16-6 - Voter eligibility. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2035025Normal { 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.s2035025SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035025CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2035025Normal-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.s2035025DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035025000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035025SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035025SCL-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="s2035025Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=6-16-6"><span class="s2035025SENU">6-16-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025SENU">. </span><span class="s2035025CL">Voter eligibility.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035025Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who is registered to vote and resides in the proposed district may vote in the elections provided for in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=6-16-5"><span class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">6-16-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">. However, the qualifications of a voter for irrigation district elections are as provided in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46A-4"><span class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">46A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">, the qualifications of a voter for water project district elections are as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46A-18-2.1"><span class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">46A-18-2.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46A-18-2.2"><span class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">46A-18-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">, the qualifications of a voter for watershed district elections are as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46A-14-15.1"><span class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">46A-14-15.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">, and the qualifications of a voter for road district elections are as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-12A-1.2"><span class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">31-12A-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">. Absentee voting is allowed pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-19"><span class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont">12-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025DefaultParagraphFont"> for the election on the question of formation of the special district or any other question to be voted on by the eligible voters of the district. For the purpose of this section, a person resides in a proposed district if the person actually lives in the proposed district for at least thirty days in the last year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035025Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035025Normal"><span class="s2035025SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035025SCL-000002"> SL 1998, ch 36, § 6; SL 1999, ch 151, § 11; SL 2000, ch 32, § 3; SL 2011, ch 35, § 2; SL 2013, ch 228, § 4; SL 2014, ch 46, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>