South Dakota Statutes

§ 12-18-9.1 — Poll watchers and waiting voters not to see into booths--Interference with official actions--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 12-18-9.1
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 12ELECTIONS
Ch. 12-17AARRANGEMENTS AND CONDUCT OF VOTING

This text of South Dakota § 12-18-9.1 (Poll watchers and waiting voters not to see into booths--Interference with official actions--Violation as misdemeanor.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 12-18-9.1 (2026).

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The superintendent of elections may order poll watchers and voters waiting to vote to position themselves where the poll watchers and voters cannot see into voting booths, read identifying numbers on photo identification cards, or interfere with voters in the act of voting or with the official actions of the election board. A violation of such an order is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

SL 1972, ch 85, § 2; SL 1974, ch 118, § 114; SL 1976, ch 105, § 55; SL 1982, ch 86, § 85; SL 1996, ch 94, § 30; SL 2008, ch 34, § 15.

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South Dakota § 12-18-9.1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/12-18-9.1.