South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 01 - Initiative And Referendum
Section 2-1-1.9 - Paid circulator badge--Requirement--Violation as misdemeanor.

2-1-1.9. Paid circulator badge--Requirement--Violation as misdemeanor.
A person shall wear the badge issued under §2-1-1.8 which shall be visible at all times while acting as a paid circulator. The badge shall contain the words "paid petition circulator." The badge may not state the name of the petition circulator. A person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor if the person acts as a paid circulator without wearing a badge issued under §2-1-1.8.

Source: SL 2019, ch 14, §7, eff. July 1, 2020; SL 2020, ch 8, § 7.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

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 2-1-1.5 - Paid circulators--Application for registration--Process--Certification requirements.

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 2-1-15 - Examination of petition by secretary of state--Signature not to be counted unless person is registered voter and information is accurate and complete.

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.