South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 04 - Registration Of Voters
Section 12-4-5.4 - Registration--Information provided.

12-4-5.4. Registration--Information provided.
Any person registering to vote shall provide the person's valid South Dakota driver license number or a South Dakota nondriver identification number on the voter registration form. If a person does not have a valid South Dakota driver license or a South Dakota nondriver identification number, the person shall provide the last four digits of the person's social security number on the voter registration form. If a person does not have a valid South Dakota driver license, a South Dakota nondriver identification number, or a social security number, the person may only register at the county auditor's office and shall sign a statement verifying the fact that the person does not have a valid South Dakota driver license, a South Dakota nondriver identification number, or a social security number. The statement shall be prescribed by the State Board of Elections.

Source: SL 2003, ch 83, §11; SL 2006, ch 68, §1; SL 2020, ch 49, § 1.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 12 - Elections

Chapter 04 - Registration Of Voters

Section 12-4-1 - Persons entitled to register.

Section 12-4-2 - County auditor in charge of voter registration records.

Section 12-4-3 - Mail registration cards and instructions provided by auditor--Contact information provided by private entities.

Section 12-4-3.2 - Deadline for private entities or individuals registering voters to file registration form--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 12-4-4.2 - Purpose of overseas voting rights provisions.

Section 12-4-4.3 - Overseas citizen defined.

Section 12-4-4.4 - Registration and voting by overseas citizens--Conditions.

Section 12-4-4.5 - Absentee registration and voting in last county and precinct of residence.

Section 12-4-4.6 - Absentee ballot request as registration--Notarization not required.

Section 12-4-4.7 - Expedition of registrations and ballot requests.

Section 12-4-4.8 - Promulgation of rules by state board.

Section 12-4-4.9 - Election laws apply to overseas voting provisions.

Section 12-4-4.10 - Secretary of state to provide voter registration and absentee voting information.

Section 12-4-4.12 - Registration of voter covered by Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

Section 12-4-5 - Entry of applicants in registration file--Deadline--List for runoff election.

Section 12-4-5.2 - Notice of registration procedures--Publication.

Section 12-4-5.3 - Review of voter registration application by auditor--Notice to applicant.

Section 12-4-5.4 - Registration--Information provided.

Section 12-4-5.5 - Verification of registration information.

Section 12-4-6 - Filling out registration card--Registration at driver's license station--Applicant unable to write.

Section 12-4-6.1 - Effective date of voter registration.

Section 12-4-7.2 - Duty to ensure completion of registration cards.

Section 12-4-8 - Records prescribed by state board--Information required.

Section 12-4-8.1 - Postcard requests for absentee ballot under federal law--Indexing and furnishing to precinct board.

Section 12-4-8.2 - True copy to replace duplicate acknowledgment notice.

Section 12-4-9 - Master registration file--Contents--Public inspection--Limitations.

Section 12-4-9.2 - Secured active designation.

Section 12-4-9.3 - Voter registration records of judicial officers not a public record.

Section 12-4-10 - Precinct registration lists--Contents--Entries by superintendent.

Section 12-4-10.1 - Registration lists furnished to federal court for jury selection--Return of lists to auditor.

Section 12-4-11 - Change of registration file on change in precinct boundaries.

Section 12-4-12 - New registration on move between states or counties--Authorization to cancel previous registration.

Section 12-4-15 - Designation or change of party affiliation.

Section 12-4-18 - Persons declared mentally incompetent, deceased or serving sentence for felony conviction removed from registration records.

Section 12-4-19 - Address verification request--Confirmation mailing--Exception.

Section 12-4-19.1 - Confirmation mailing notice to registrant of proposed registration cancellation--Postcard and return card--Contents.

Section 12-4-19.2 - Placement in inactive registration file by auditor.

Section 12-4-19.4 - Cancellation of voter registration.

Section 12-4-19.6 - National change of address notice.

Section 12-4-19.7 - Voter registration list maintenance confirmation mailing notice--Contents.

Section 12-4-24 - Precinct lists for local election--Delivery to voting precincts.

Section 12-4-32 - National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Section 12-4-33 - Chief state election official.

Section 12-4-34 - Registered voters referred to in other statutes.

Section 12-4-35 - Rules for the National Voter Registration Act.

Section 12-4-36 - Rebuttable presumption that certain electors not qualified.

Section 12-4-37 - Statewide voter registration file--County auditors to transmit changes to secretary.

Section 12-4-38 - County auditor's file is official record in event of discrepancy.

Section 12-4-39 - Promulgation of rules--Scope.

Section 12-4-40 - Identification of duplicate voter registration--Notification.

Section 12-4-41 - Use of voter registration information--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil penalty.

Section 12-4-52 - Payment for registration of voters based on number of voters registered prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 12-4-53 - Receipt of payment for registration of voters based on number of voters registered prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.