<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 8-3-9 - Township election--Challenge to voter qualification--Affidavit--Violation.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81Normal { 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.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81Statute { 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.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81NoIndent { 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.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 8-3-9 - Township election--Challenge to voter qualification--Affidavit--Violation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 8-3-9 - Township election--Challenge to voter qualification--Affidavit--Violation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=8-3-9"><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="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=8-3-9" rel="noopener"><span class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81SENU">8-3-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81SENU">. </span><span class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81CL">Township election--Challenge to voter qualification--Affidavit--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81DefaultParagraphFont">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 § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=8-3-8" rel="noopener"><span class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81DefaultParagraphFont">8-3-8</span></a><span class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sadc585d0611b4d9ca0748efcef81fb81SCL">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.</span></p></div></body></html>