S.D. Admin. R. 5:02:08:00.05

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 5:02:08:00.05 - Methodology for conducting the random sample for a statewide candidate, initiative petition, referred law petition, or initiated constitutional amendment petition

Upon receiving any statewide candidate petition, initiative petition, referred law petition, or initiated constitutional amendment petition, the secretary of state shall use the following method for conducting the random sample:

(1) Each sheet within the petition shall be consecutively numbered;

(2) A spreadsheet consisting of rows and columns shall be created listing each petition sheet number in a column and the number of eligible signatures, as defined in subsection 4(d), in a separate column;

(3) The Office of Secretary State must use the tables in subdivision (8) which identifies how many signatures shall be randomly sampled to meet the statutory requirement based on the number of petition signatures submitted. Microsoft Excel functions, or a similar program as determined by the secretary of state, shall be used to randomly select the signatures for validation;

(4) Each signature in the random sample shall be evaluated as to whether the signature is valid or invalid pursuant to §§ 5:02:08:00 and 5:02:08:00.01, and in accordance with:

(a) No signature line may be counted unless the person is a registered voter in the county indicated in the signature line;

(b) When validating a statewide partisan candidate petition, the party affiliation is also validated for each randomly selected eligible signature;

(c) A signature line consists of two rows containing six fields each, signature line is separately numbered as per § 5:02:08:00.03;

(d) An eligible signature is a signature line that is filled in partially or completely. If a signature line is empty or crossed out, said signature line is not included as an eligible signature. A signature line containing an abstract mark or markings shall be counted as an eligible signature; and

(e) A random sample signatures are those eligible signatures contained in the random sample generated by the program designated in sudivision (3). The total number of valid signatures submitted is extrapolated from the random sample;

(5) The total number of valid signatures is determined by:

(a) Subtracting the number of invalid random sample signatures from the total number of random sample signatures;

(b) Next, determine the percentage of valid signatures in the random sample signatures by dividing the number of valid signatures by the total number of random sample signatures;

(c) The resulting percentage is multiplied by the total number of eligible signatures submitted; and

(d) The resulting number is the number of valid signatures the secretary of state uses to determine how the petition is certified;

(6) If the number of valid signatures as determined in sudvision (5) is equal to or greater than the required number of signatures needed to file the petition, the secretary of state shall certify the petition as filed;

(7) If the number of valid signatures as determined in subdivision (5) is less than the required number of signatures needed to file the petition, the secretary of state shall certify the petition as not filed; and

(8) The table below identifies how many signatures shall be randomly sampled to meet the state requirements:

(a) If the sample size number is less than the safe harbor sample size number the Secretary of State shall use the safe harbor sample size number; and

(b) If the number of submitted signatures is between two numbers listed in the signatures submitted column, the Secretary of State shall round down to the lower number if the number is 500 or less and shall round up if the number is 501 and higher.

Statewide Ballot Question Table
Sample Size	SignaturesSubmitted	"Safe Harbor"Sample Size	Sample size %of total
694	13,871	699	5.0032%
699	15,000	701	4.6600%
701	16,000	703	4.3813%
703	17,000	704	4.1353%
704	18,000	706	3.9111%
706	19,000	707	3.7158%
707	20,000	708	3.5350%
708	21,000	709	3.3714%
709	22,000	710	3.2227%
710	23,000	711	3.0870%
711	24,000	712	2.9625%
712	25,000	713	2.8480%
713	26,000	714	2.7423%
714	27,000	714	2.6444%
714	28,000	715	2.5500%
715	29,000	715	2.4655%
715	30,000	716	2.3833%
716	31,000	716	2.3097%
716	32,000	717	2.2375%
717	33,000	717	2.1727%
717	34,000	718	2.1088%
718	35,000	718	2.0514%
718	36,000	719	1.9944%
719	37,000	719	1.9432%
719	38,000	719	1.8921%
719	39,000	720	1.8436%
720	40,000	720	1.8000%
720	41,000	720	1.7561%
720	42,000	721	1.7143%
721	43,000	721	1.6767%
721	44,000	721	1.6386%
721	45,000	721	1.6022%
721	46,000	722	1.5674%
722	47,000	722	1.5362%
722	48,000	722	1.5042%
722	49,000	722	1.4735%
722	50,000	723	1.4440%
723	51,000	723	1.4176%
723	52,000	723	1.3904%
723	53,000	723	1.3642%
723	54,000	723	1.3389%
723	55,000	723	1.3145%
723	56,000	724	1.2911%
724	57,000	724	1.2702%
724	58,000	724	1.2483%
724	59,000	724	1.2271%
724	60,000	724	1.2067%
724	61,000	724	1.1869%
724	62,000	724	1.1677%
724	63,000	725	1.1492%
725	64,000	725	1.1328%
725	65,000	725	1.1154%
725	66,000	725	1.0985%
725	67,000	725	1.0821%
725	68,000	725	1.0662%
725	69,000	725	1.0507%
725	70,000	725	1.0357%
725	71,000	726	1.0211%
726	72,000	726	1.0083%
726	73,000	726	0.9945%
726	74,000	726	0.9811%
726	75,000	726	0.9680%
726	76,000	726	0.9553%
726	77,000	726	0.9429%
726	78,000	726	0.9308%
726	79,000	726	0.9190%
726	80,000	726	0.9075%
726	81,000	726	0.8963%
726	82,000	726	0.8854%
726	83,000	727	0.8747%
727	84,000	727	0.8655%
727	85,000	727	0.8553%

Statewide Candidate Table
Sample Size	SignaturesSubmitted	"Safe Harbor"Sample Size	Sample size %of total
187	250	213	74.8000%
213	300	259	71.0000%
259	400	297	64.7500%
297	500	330	59.4000%
330	600	358	55.0000%
358	700	383	51.1429%
383	800	404	47.8750%
404	900	423	44.8889%
423	1,000	440	42.3000%
440	1,100	455	40.0000%
455	1,200	469	37.9167%
469	1,300	481	36.0769%
481	1,400	493	34.3571%
493	1,500	503	32.8667%
503	1,600	512	31.4375%
512	1,700	521	30.1176%
521	1,800	529	28.9444%
529	1,900	537	27.8421%
537	2,000	543	26.8500%
543	2,100	550	25.8571%
550	2,200	556	25.0000%
556	2,300	562	24.1739%
562	2,400	567	23.4167%
567	2,500	572	22.6800%
572	2,600	577	22.0000%
577	2,700	581	21.3704%
581	2,800	585	20.7500%
585	2,900	589	20.1724%
589	3,000	593	19.6333%
593	3,100	596	19.1290%
596	3,200	600	18.6250%
600	3,300	603	18.1818%
603	3,400	606	17.7353%
606	3,500	609	17.3143%
609	3,600	612	16.9167%
612	3,700	615	16.5405%
615	3,800	617	16.1842%
617	3,900	620	15.8205%
620	4,000	622	15.5000%
622	4,100	624	15.1707%
624	4,200	626	14.8571%
626	4,300	628	14.5581%
628	4,400	630	14.2727%
630	4,5000	632	14.0000%
632	4,600	634	13.7391%
634	4,700	636	13.4894%
636	4,800	638	13.2500%
638	4,900	639	13.0204%
639	5,000	641	12.7800%
641	5,100	642	12.5686%
642	5,200	644	12.3462%
644	5,300	645	12.1509%
645	5,400	647	11.9444%
647	5,500	648	11.7636%
648	5,600	649	11.5714%
649	5,700	651	11.3860%
651	5,800	652	11.2241%
652	5,900	653	11.0508%
653	6,000	654	10.8833%
654	6,100	656	10.7213%
656	6,200	657	10.5806%
657	6,300	658	10.4286%
658	6,400	659	10.2813%
659	6,500	660	10.1385%
660	6,600	661	10.0000%
661	6,700	662	9.8657%
662	6,800	663	9.7353%
663	6,900	664	9.6087%
664	7,000	664	9.4857%
664	7,100	665	9.3521%
665	7,200	666	9.2361%
666	7,300	667	9.1233%
667	7,400	668	9.0135%
668	7,500	669	8.9067%
669	7,600	669	8.8026%
669	7,700	670	8.6883%
670	7,800	671	8.5897%
671	7,900	671	8.4937%
671	8,000	672	8.3875%
672	8,100	673	8.2963%
673	8,200	673	8.2073%
673	8,300	674	8.1084%
674	8,400	675	8.0238%
675	8,500	675	7.9412%
675	8,600	676	7.8488%
676	8,700	677	7.7701%
677	8,800	677	7.6932%
677	8,900	678	7.6067%
678	9,000	678	7.5333%
678	9,100	679	7.4505%
679	9,200	679	7.3804%
679	9,300	680	7.3011%
680	9,400	680	7.2340%
680	9,500	681	7.1579%
681	9,600	681	7.0938%
681	9,700	682	7.0206%
682	9,800	682	6.9592%
682	9,900	683	6.8889%
683	10,000	683	6.8300%
683	10,100	684	6.7624%
684	10,200	684	6.7059%
684	10,300	685	6.6408%
685	10,400	685	6.5865%
685	10,500	686	6.5238%
686	10,600	686	6.4717%
686	10,700	686	6.4112%
686	10,800	687	6.3519%
687	10,900	687	6.3028%
687	11,000	688	6.2455%
688	11,100	688	6.1982%
688	11,200	688	6.1429%
688	11,300	689	6.0885%
689	11,400	689	6.0439%
689	11,500	689	5.9913%
689	11,600	690	5.9397%
690	11,700	690	5,8974%
690	11,800	690	5.8475%
690	11,900	691	5.7983%
691	12,000	691	5.7583%
691	12,100	691	5.7107%
691	12,200	692	5.6639%
692	12,300	692	5.6260%
692	12,400	692	5.5806%
692	12,500	693	5.5360%
693	12,600	693	5.5000%
693	12,700	693	5.4567%
693	12,800	694	5.4141%
694	12,900	694	5.3798%
694	13,000	694	5.3385%
694	13,100	694	5.2977%
694	13,200	695	5.2576%
695	13,300	695	5.2256%
695	13,400	695	5.1866%
695	13,500	695	5.1481%
695	13,600	696	5.1103%
696	13,700	696	5.0803%
696	13,800	696	5.0435%
696	13,900	696	5.0072%
696	14,000	697	4.9714%
697	14,100	697	4.9433%
697	14,200	697	4.9085%
697	14,300	697	4.8741%
697	14,400	698	4.8403%
698	14,500	698	4.8138%
698	14,600	698	4.7808%
698	14,700	698	4.7483%
698	14,800	699	4.7162%
699	14,900	699	4.6913%
699	15,000	699	4.6600%
699	15,100	699	4.6291%
699	15,200	699	4.5987%
699	15,300	700	4.5686%
700	15,400	700	4.5455%
700	15,500	700	4.5161%
700	15,600	700	4.4872%
700	15,700	700	4.4586%
700	15,800	701	4.4304%
701	15,900	701	4.4088%
701	16,000	701	4.3813%
701	16,100	701	4.3540%
701	16,200	701	4.3272%
701	16,300	702	4.3006%
702	16,400	702	4.2805%
702	16,500	702	4.2545%
702	16,600	702	4.2289%
702	16,700	702	4.2036%
702	16,800	702	4.1786%
702	16,900	703	4.1538%
703	17,000	703	4.1353%
703	17,100	703	4.1111%
703	17,200	703	4.0872%
703	17,300	703	4.0636%
703	17,400	703	4.0402%
703	17,500	704	4.0171%
704	17,600	704	4.0000%
704	17,700	704	3.9774%
704	17,800	704	3.9551%
704	17,900	704	3.9330%
704	18,000	704	3.9111%
704	18,100	705	3.8895%
705	18,200	705	3.8736%
705	18,300	705	3.8525%
705	18,400	705	3.8315%
705	18,500	705	3.8108%
705	18,600	705	3.7903%
705	18,700	705	3.7701%
705	18,800	706	3.7500%
706	18,900	706	3.7354%
706	19,000	706	3.7158%
706	19,100	706	3.6963%
706	19,200	706	3.6771%
706	19,300	706	3.6580%
706	19,400	706	3.6392%
706	19,500	707	3.6205%
707	19,600	707	3.6071%
707	19,700	707	3.5888%
707	19,800	707	3.5707%
707	19,900	707	3.5528%
707	20,000	707	3.5350%

S.D. Admin. R. 5:02:08:00.05

33 SDR 230, effective 7/1/2007; 42 SDR 178, effective 7/1/2016; 43 SDR 17, effective 8/8/2017; 45 SDR 009, effective 7/30/2018

General Authority: SDCL 2-1-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 2-1-16, 12-1-35, 12-1-36.

Northern State University Assistant Professor of Accounting, Economics, Banking and Financial Services and Business Law, Sara Schmidt provided the methodology and the signature tables.