South Dakota § 12-4-37 - Statewide voter registration file--Maintenance--County auditors to transmit changes--Published to website.
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§ 12-4-37. Statewide voter registration file--Maintenance--County auditors to transmit changes--Published to website.
The secretary of state shall establish and maintain a computerized system for maintaining and utilizing the voter registration file.
Each county auditor shall transmit daily any changes to the master registration file or the absentee voter log to the secretary of state using the computerized system maintained by the secretary of state.
The county auditor shall transmit updated information contained in the county voter registration system, including voter registration information and voter election history information, to the secretary of state not later than July fifteenth after each primary election and December fifteenth after each general election.
The secretary of state shall post the complete statewide voter registration file to the secretary's website before 11:59 p.m. central time each Monday. The weekly post of the statewide voter registration file must contain any updates to the information in the county master registration file, pursuant to § 12-4-9.
Source: SL 2001, ch 66, § 1; SL 2010, ch 74, § 10; SL 2011, ch 77, § 1; SL 2023, ch 44, § 14; SL 2025, ch 60, § 2; SL 2026, ch 66, § 1.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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