PIERRE – South Dakotans are being encouraged to review the Voter Information Portal on the South Dakota Secretary of State’s website before they head out to vote for the Tuesday, June 5, primary election.
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PIERRE – South Dakotans are being encouraged to review the Voter Information Portal on the South Dakota Secretary of State’s website before they head out to vote for the Tuesday, June 5, primary election.
“Being prepared before you head to your polling place is an important step in the voting process,” Secretary of State Shantel Krebs said. “Registered South Dakota voters can view their sample ballot and find their polling place on the Secretary of State’s Voter Information Portal.” It can be found at https://sos.sd.gov/Elections/VIPLogin.aspx.
Registered voters must provide a photo identification card when voting. Those can include:
• a South Dakota driver’s license or nondriver identification card,
• a passport or an identification card issued by an agency of the United States government,
• a tribal identification card; or
• a current student identification card issued by a high school or an accredited institution of higher education, including a university, college, or technical school, located within the State of South Dakota.
If a voter does not have a photo ID, they must be given the option to sign a personal identification affidavit and vote a regular ballot.
Voters wishing to vote absentee by mail must fill out an absentee ballot application and have their signature notarized or provide a copy of their photo identification. Voters must mail or turn this application into their county auditor’s office.
The deadline to submit an absentee ballot application to the county auditor’s office for the primary election is 5 p.m. Monday, June 4. Voters may also vote absentee in-person at their county auditor’s office now until 5 p.m. Monday.
The Democrat primary election ballot is open to registered Democrats and registered Independents or those with no party affiliation. Republicans have a closed primary, and only registered Republicans will be able to vote a Republican ballot.
All registered voters in South Dakota, including those registered as Libertarian, Constitution, Independents, no party affiliation and other, will be eligible for a ballot during the 2018 primary election due to Constitutional Amendment Y creating a non-political ballot statewide.
