12-26-3. False representation to procure registration or acceptance of vote as misdemeanor--Failure to deny false statement as misrepresentation.
Any person who, at the time of requesting his name to be registered as a voter, or who at the time of offering his vote at any election, knowingly makes any false statement or employs any false representation to procure his name to be registered or his vote to be received, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A false statement or representation made or used in the presence and to the knowledge of a person requesting his name to be registered, or offering his vote, is to be deemed made by himself if it appears that it was made or used in support of his claim to be registered or to vote, that he knew it to be false and that he allowed it to pass uncontradicted.
Source: PenC 1877, §§72, 73; CL 1887, §§6272, 6273; RPenC 1903, §§77, 78; RC 1919, §§3664, 3665; SDC 1939, §13.0907; SL 1982, ch 86, §111.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 26 - Offenses Against The Elective Franchise
Section 12-26-1 - Elections to which chapter applies.
Section 12-26-4 - Voting or offer to vote by unqualified person as misdemeanor.
Section 12-26-7 - Impersonation of registered voter as felony.
Section 12-26-8 - Voting more than once at any election as felony.
Section 12-26-9 - Good faith defense to prosecution for illegal voting.
Section 12-26-11 - Disturbance of public meeting of voters as misdemeanor.
Section 12-26-15 - Bribery of voter as misdemeanor--Acts constituting bribery.
Section 12-26-17 - Bribery or acceptance of bribe as infamous crime--Forfeiture of office.
Section 12-26-19 - Betting with intent to procure challenge as misdemeanor.
Section 12-26-21 - Disobedience of precinct superintendent or precinct deputy as misdemeanor.
Section 12-26-22 - Disturbance of election proceedings as misdemeanor.
Section 12-26-23 - Tampering with ballots, ballot box, or poll list as felony.
Section 12-26-27 - Bribery of election official as misdemeanor.
Section 12-26-28 - Offenses relating to election on submitted question.
Section 12-26-29 - Prevention of unlawful election not prohibited.
Section 12-26-30 - Irregularities in proceedings not a defense.