There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 12 ELECTIONS
Chapter 26. Offenses Against The Elective Franchise
§12-26-9 Good faith defense to prosecution for illegal voting.
SD Codified L § 12-26-9 (through 2011) What's This?
12-26-9. Good faith defense to prosecution for illegal voting. Upon any prosecution for procuring, offering, or casting an illegal vote, the accused may give in evidence any facts tending to show that he honestly believed upon good reason that the vote complained of was a lawful one; and the jury may take such facts into consideration in determining whether the acts complained of were knowingly done or not.
Source: PenC 1877, § 94; CL 1887, § 6294; RPenC 1903, § 99; RC 1919, § 3683; SDC 1939, § 13.0912.
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