Uniform requirements for dating, logging, transmitting, and processing voter-registration applications and address changes.
Consistent with SDCL 12-4-6.1, when an application is submitted to an agency within five days after a voter-registration deadline, the operative registration date is the date the applicant signed and dated the application, not the mailing, postmark, or county-auditor receipt date.
SDCL 12-4-6.1
Agencies must date-stamp voter-registration applications when received and maintain uniform written procedures documenting when each application is transmitted to the appropriate county auditor.
Consistent with 52 U.S.C. 20504(d), driver-license office address changes must be transmitted to election officials to update voter-registration records unless the applicant affirmatively opts out.
52 U.S.C. 20504(d)
Covered offices should use the same approved forms, scripts, privacy protections, transmission logs, and escalation procedures across in-person and remote transactions.
Known or suspected NVRA compliance issues or violations involving covered transactions may be reported to the Secretary of State's Elections Division at [email protected] or 605-773-3537.
Transactions identified in the NVRA include applications, renewals, and change-of-address requests for driver licenses and non-driver identification cards, as well as applications, renewals, recertifications, and change-of-address requests for public assistance, whether conducted in person or remotely.