South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 04 - Registration Of Voters
Section 12-4-5.5 - Verification of registration information.

12-4-5.5. Verification of registration information.
At the time voter registration information is transmitted from a county to the statewide voter registration file, the authenticity of the driver license number or the South Dakota nondriver identification number shall be verified with the driver license database. If the person has provided the last four digits of his or her social security number, the social security database shall be checked to determine that the number, name, and date of birth are accurate and that this information does belong to such person. If any of this information is reported as not being accurate, the county auditor shall withdraw the voter registration and attempt to get the correct information with the process provided in §12-4-5.3. The State Board of Elections may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, determining technical parameters for the driver license and social security database verification.

Source: SL 2003, ch 83, §12; SL 2005, ch 89, §2; SL 2020, ch 49, § 2.

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.