2-1-15. Examination of petition by secretary of state--Signature not to be counted unless person is registered voter and information is accurate and complete.
Upon the receiving of any initiative petition, referred law petition, or initiated constitutional amendment petition, the secretary of state shall examine the petition. No signature of a person shall be counted by the secretary of state unless the person is a registered voter in the county indicated on the signature line. No signature of a person shall be counted if the information required on the petition form is not accurate or complete. The secretary of state shall generate the random sample under §2-1-16 and make available to the public the petitions and random sample validation sheets within thirty days of a request and payment of reasonable fees in accordance with §1-8-10.
Source: SL 2007, ch 16, §1; SL 2019, ch 15, §2.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 2 - Legislature and Statutes
Chapter 01 - Initiative And Referendum
Section 2-1-1 - Initiative petitions--Number of signatures required.
Section 2-1-1.1 - Initiated constitutional amendment--Petition--Contents--Signatures and filing.
Section 2-1-1.2 - Initiated measure--Petition--Contents--Signatures and filing.
Section 2-1-1.3 - Definitions.
Section 2-1-1.6 - Paid circulators--Directory.
Section 2-1-1.7 - Registration fees.
Section 2-1-1.8 - Identification number and badge.
Section 2-1-1.9 - Paid circulator badge--Requirement--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 2-1-2.2 - Withdrawal of initiated constitutional amendment.
Section 2-1-2.3 - Withdrawal of initiated measure.
Section 2-1-3 - Referendum--Laws subject to petition--Form.
Section 2-1-3.1 - Referred law--Petition--Contents--Signatures and filing.
Section 2-1-3.2 - Withdrawal of petition for referred law.
Section 2-1-5 - Total vote used to determine number of signers required in petitions.
Section 2-1-6 - Persons qualified to sign petitions--False or unqualified signing as misdemeanor.
Section 2-1-7 - Petitions to be signed in person.
Section 2-1-9 - Separate papers constituting single petition.
Section 2-1-10 - Verification of petition circulator--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 2-1-11 - Petitions liberally construed.
Section 2-1-11.1 - Initiated measure to embrace only one subject.
Section 2-1-12 - Effective date of measures approved by voters.
Section 2-1-14 - Signatures secured contrary to law not to be counted.
Section 2-1-16 - Signatures to be verified by random sampling--Methodology.
Section 2-1-17 - Certification of results of random sampling--Notification of petition sponsors.
Section 2-1-17.1 - Submission of affidavit challenging petition to secretary of state--Appeal.
Section 2-1-18 - Court challenge to petition.
Section 2-1-21 - Violations by petition sponsor or circulator--Four-year prohibition--Civil penalty.