South Dakota Statutes

§ 12-13-16 — Publication of false or erroneous information on constitutional amendment or submitted question as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 12-13-16
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 12ELECTIONS
Ch. 12-11CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND SUBMITTED QUESTIONS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 12-13-16 (2026).

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Any person knowingly printing, publishing, or delivering to any voter of this state a document containing any purported constitutional amendment, question, law, or measure to be submitted to the voters at any election, in which such constitutional amendment, question, law, or measure is misstated, erroneously printed, or by which false or misleading information is given to the voters, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

SL 1913, ch 107, § 9; RC 1919, § 7224; SDC 1939, § 16.9923; SL 1982, ch 86, § 83.

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