Petitions to Refer Senate Bill 177 Validated by Secretary of State
Pierre, SD – Referendum petitions for Senate Bill 177, “An Act to establish a youth minimum wage.” have been validated and filed with the SD Secretary of State’s office. The referral process required that Senate Bill 177 needed 13,871 signatures in order to be referred to the vote of the citizens of South Dakota in the November 2016 general election.
According to state statute 2-1-16 the Secretary of State’s office is required to perform a 5% random sampling of the signatures submitted. The random sampling process was overseen and reviewed by Secretary of State staff to check the signatures for completeness and to ensure the signatures were registered voters in the county they stated on the petition. Following the sampling, it was determined that 17,077 signatures were valid.
This referendum petition will be Referred Law 20.
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I stopped in her office this week and talked to her and a Brandon and Christine. Great service!
Shantel is making that office so efficient its scary!