Bill > HB1110

This bill amends existing South Dakota law to clarify who is considered a resident for the purposes of voting in municipal and school district elections, specifying that an individual must be registered as a voter in that municipality or school district and must have actually lived there for at least thirty consecutive days each year, or be a full-time postsecondary student who was a resident immediately before leaving for school, or be on active military duty with their home of record in the area. The bill also updates the language to use "individual" instead of "person" and clarifies that challenges to residency qualifications must follow specific procedures outlined in other sections of the law, and that elections cannot be contested on the grounds of a non-resident voting if their qualifications were not challenged according to those procedures, with the changes taking effect on December 1, 2026.

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https://sdlegislature.gov/#/Session/Bill/26475