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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 2 LEGISLATURE AND STATUTES
Chapter 01. Initiative and Referendum.
§2-1-16 Signatures to be verified by random sampling--Rules.
SD Codified L § 2-1-16 (through 2011) What's This?
2-1-16. Signatures to be verified by random sampling--Rules. 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 every signature received by the secretary of state shall be 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, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, establish the methodology for conducting the random sample. The random sampling shall be an examination of five percent of the signatures received.
Source: SL 2007, ch 16, § 2.
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