South Dakota § 2-1-18 Court challenge to petition.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 2-1-18 — Court challenge to petition.

South Dakota § 2-1-18

Title 2LEGISLATURE AND STATUTES

Ch. 2INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

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S.D. Codified Laws § 2-1-18 (2026).

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Nothing in §§ 2-1-15 to , inclusive, prohibits any interested person who has researched the signatures contained on a validated petition from challenging in circuit court the validity of any signature, the veracity of the petition circulator's attestation, or any other information required on a petition by statute or administrative rule, including any deficiency that is prohibited from challenge under § 2-1-17.1 . The results of the process of signature verification by the Office of the Secretary of State under chapter 2-1 shall be presumed valid as applied to all signatures for purposes of considering any additional ground for disqualifying petition signatures, including any ground listed in subdivisions 2-1-17.1 (1) to 2-1-17.1 (4), inclusive, and cumulating total valid signatures to det

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Nothing in §§ 2-1-15 to , inclusive, prohibits any interested person who has researched the signatures contained on a validated petition from challenging in circuit court the validity of any signature, the veracity of the petition circulator's attestation, or any other information required on a petition by statute or administrative rule, including any deficiency that is prohibited from challenge under § 2-1-17.1 . The results of the process of signature verification by the Office of the Secretary of State under chapter 2-1 shall be presumed valid as applied to all signatures for purposes of considering any additional ground for disqualifying petition signatures, including any ground listed in subdivisions 2-1-17.1 (1) to 2-1-17.1 (4), inclusive, and cumulating total valid signatures to determine the results of an appeal under § 2-1-17.1 . The summons and complaint for a challenge under this section shall be served on each petition sponsor as a party defending the validated petition being challenged. Any appearance by the attorney general at a challenge under this section shall be limited to the process of signature verification by the Office of the Secretary of State under chapter 2-1 . For purposes of determining whether a sufficient number of valid signatures has been submitted, the interested person may elect to proceed with a challenge limited to the sample generated in accordance with § 2-1-16 , with the resulting valid sample percentage applied to the entirety of the petition signatures.