SB218

SB218 clarifies South Dakota's definition of voter residency by requiring that a resident maintain an actual fixed permanent dwelling where they live and usually sleep for at least 30 consecutive days, and specifying that someone remains a resident of their county during temporary absences unless they move to another state with the intention of making it their permanent home. The bill modernizes the language in state election law to use "individual" instead of "person" and removes outdated phrasing while keeping the core residency rules largely the same.