Payment for registration of voters based on number of voters registered prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor

SDCL § 12-4-52 — under REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

SDCL § 12-4-52

No person may employ, reward, or compensate any person to register voters based on the number of voters registered. Nothing in this section prohibits any person from hiring a person paid on an hourly or salaried basis to register voters. Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 2005, ch 91 , § 1.