Section 8-3-9 - Township election--Challenge to voter qualification--Affidavit--Violation

8-3-9. Township election--Challenge to voter qualification--Affidavit--Violation.If any person is challenged as being unqualified when offering to vote at any township election or upon any question arising at any township meeting relating to a person's residency, the judges, or township clerk, if no judges are present, must have the person sign an affidavit attesting to the person's residency and qualification to vote. A person who makes a false affirmation is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor pursuant to §8-3-8. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §23; CL 1887, §724; RPolC 1903, §1016; RC 1919, §6060; SDC 1939, §58.0313; SL 2023, ch 24, §2.