South Dakota law sets campaign report and termination deadlines

Treasurers of listed political committees file campaign finance reports with the secretary of state. The listed groups include candidates and their committees for statewide, legislative, or county office; statewide political action committees and parties; county parties and auxiliary organizations; and statewide ballot question committees. Supplemental reports and amendments to earlier statements are required only when applicable. This reporting schedule takes effect January 1, 2027.

Treasurers may file a termination statement at any time, and some parties and ballot question committees must do so by set deadlines. The deadline rules cover political parties that lose qualified party status and statewide ballot question committees with no reported activity. A party that loses qualified party status must file a termination statement. A ballot question committee with no activity on its next required report has until the next reporting period to report activity; if it still has none to report, it must file by that period's deadline. A party must file by 5 p.m. Central time on the last Friday in January after the calendar year it lost qualified status. These rules take effect January 1, 2027.