South Dakota Statutes
§ 2-1-16 — Signatures to be verified by random sampling--Methodology.
South Dakota § 2-1-16
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-1-16 (2026).
Text
The secretary of state shall verify the signatures pursuant to § 2-1-15 by random sampling. The random sample of signatures to be verified shall be drawn so that each signature received by the secretary of state is given an equal opportunity to be included in the sample. The secretary of state shall calculate the number of valid signatures by multiplying the total number of signatures received by the percentage of successfully verified signatures from the random sample. The secretary of state shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , establishing the methodology for conducting the random sample. The random sampling shall be an examination of the signatures received consisting of a number of signatures that is statistically correlative to not less than ninety-five percent level of
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Legislative History
SL 2007, ch 16, § 2; SL 2017, ch 12, § 7.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 2-1-1
Initiative and referenda petitions--Number of signatures required--Signatory information required.§ 2-1-1.3
Definitions.§ 2-1-1.5
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.6
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.7
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.8
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.9
Repealed.§ 2-1-11
Petitions liberally construed.§ 2-1-13
Repealed by SL 1989, ch 23, § 5.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 2-1-16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/2-1-16.