S.D. Codified Laws § 2-1-6

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 2-1-6 - Persons qualified to sign petitions-False or unqualified signing as misdemeanor

Every person who is a qualified voter may sign a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment or other measure or to refer a law. If a person, knowing he or she is not a qualified voter of the state or knowing that he or she has already signed the same petition, signs a petition for initiation of a constitutional amendment or other measure or for referral of legislation or if any person signs a name other than his or her own, that person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

SDCL 2-1-6

SDC 1939, §§ 55.0404, 55.9901; SL 1980, ch 24, § 15; SL 2007, ch 15, §2.