The South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee has introduced SB 33. It is mostly a clean-up bill, but it makes some changes for independent presidential candidates. It changes the formula for the number of signatures from 1% of the last gubernatorial vote, to one-half of 1% of the number of registered voters as of December of the year before the election.

If this bill had been in effect in 2024, the number of signatures would have been 3,130 instead of 3,502.

Also the bill sets forth procedures for an independent presidential candidate to replace the vice-presidential running mate.