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SD HB1185

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/29/2026

Primary Sponsor

Logan Manhart

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires voters to use a black ink ballpoint pen when marking optical scan ballots in South Dakota elections

  • Eliminates the previous allowance for voters to use pencils or other marking instruments provided at polling places

  • Amends South Dakota Codified Law § 12-18-16.1 to make black ink ballpoint pens the sole permitted marking tool

Legislative Description

Require that a voter use a black ink ballpoint pen when marking an optical scan ballot.

Elections

Last Action

State Affairs Tabled, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0.

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

State Affairs1/29/2026

Full Bill Text

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