The voter registration form must be legibly printed on one or more pages that are eight-and-a-half-inch-wide by eleven-inch-tall paper and contain:

1. (1) The deadline for voter registration;
2. (2) Whether the applicant is a U.S. citizen;
3. (3) Whether the applicant has had, in this state, an actual fixed permanent dwelling, establishment, or any other abode where the applicant lives and usually sleeps for at least thirty consecutive days at the time of the election;
4. (4) Whether the applicant is a resident of only one place;
5. (5) Whether the applicant will be at least eighteen years of age at the time of the next election;
6. (6) The applicant's name;
7. (7) The applicant's residence or voting address in South Dakota;
8. (8) The applicant´s mailing address if different than the applicant´s residence or voting address;
9. (9) "If you live in a rural area and do not have a street address; if your residence address is a PO Box, rural box, or general delivery; or if you have no address, please describe the physical location of your residence in writing in the space provided, which may include writing the names of the streets or intersections nearest to where you live and listing any landmarks (e.g., schools, churches, stores) near where you live. If you run out of room, or if you want to draw a map to pinpoint your residence and you do not have enough room in the space provided, use the back of this form";
10. (10) "If you use a commercial mail receiving agency, mail forwarding service, or other post office box as your residence or voting address without a description of the location of your habitation, you may be registered only as a federal voter";
11. (11) The applicant's date of birth;
12. (12) The applicant's telephone number (optional);
13. (13) The applicant's email address (optional);
14. (14) The applicant´s current South Dakota driver license number or South Dakota nondriver identification card number;
15. (15) If the applicant does not have a current South Dakota driver license number or South Dakota nondriver identification card number, the last four numbers of the applicant´s SSN;
16. (16) The applicant's choice of party (optional);

17. (17) The following as depicted on the applicant´s previous voter registration if the applicant seeks to cancel the applicant´s prior voter registration:

    1. (a) Name;
    2. (b) Address;
    3. (c) Driver license or nondriver identification card number and state, or last four numbers of SSN; and
    4. (d) County; and

18. (18) A signed statement declaring under the penalty of perjury that the applicant:

    1. (a) Is a citizen of the United States of America;
    2. (b) Will be at least eighteen years of age at the time of the next election;
    3. (c) Is a resident of the state of South Dakota;
    4. (d) Has not been judged mentally incompetent;
    5. (e) Is not currently serving a sentence for a felony conviction;
    6. (f) Has complied with South Dakota law regarding registration of voters, pursuant to SDCL chapter 12-4; and

    7. (g) Authorizes the cancellation of a previous registration, if applicable.

       The Secretary of State’s Office shall produce a voter registration form containing the above information and distribute the form to the county auditors. A county auditor may create a large print version of the voter registration form.

Source: 2 SDR 5, effective July 30, 1975; 5 SDR 31, effective November 1, 1978; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 12 SDR 43, effective September 23, 1985; 14 SDR 19, effective August 9, 1987; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 19 SDR 12, effective August 5, 1992; 21 SDR 77, effective October 24, 1994; 22 SDR 95, effective January 18, 1996; 23 SDR 115, effective January 22, 1997; 25 SDR 167, effective July 6, 1999; 29 SDR 177, effective July 2, 2003; 30 SDR 171, effective May 10, 2004; 31 SDR 214, effective July 4, 2005; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 35 SDR 48, effective September 8, 2008; 39 SDR 123, effective January 16, 2013 ; 42 SDR 178, effective July 1, 2016 ; 46 SDR 42, effective September 30, 2019 ; 49 SDR 47, effective November 21, 2022; 49 SDR 89, effective May 1, 2023; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023; 51 SDR 141, effective July 1, 2025; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025; 52 SDR 32, effective January 1, 2026 .

General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9 (1).

Law Implemented: SDCL 12-3-1 , 12-4-1.2 , 12-4-1.3 , 12-4-3 , 12-4-5.4 , 12-4-6 , 12-4-8 , 12-4-15 , 12-20-1.1 .

Prior versions effective: 2025-09-29, 2025-07-01, 2023-08-08, 2023-05-01, 2022-11-21, 2019-09-30, 2016-07-01, 2013-01-16.