8-3-9. Township election--Challenge to voter qualification--Affidavit--Violation.

If any person is challenged as being unqualified when offering to vote at any township election or upon any question arising at any township meeting relating to a person's residency, the judges, or township clerk, if no judges are present, must have the person sign an affidavit attesting to the person's residency and qualification to vote. A person who makes a false affirmation is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor pursuant to § 8-3-8.

Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, § 23; CL 1887, § 724; RPolC 1903, § 1016; RC 1919, § 6060; SDC 1939, § 58.0313; SL 2023, ch 24, § 2.