South Dakota Petition for Election is a process by which citizens of the state can initiate and qualify an initiative or referendum to be placed on the ballot at the next general election. This type of petition allows citizens to directly propose or reject laws, amendments to the state constitution or to recall elected officials. There are two types of South Dakota Petition for Election: the initiative petition and the referendum petition. The initiative petition enables citizens to propose a new law or constitutional amendment, while the referendum petition allows citizens to reject a proposed law passed by the legislature or to reject a constitutional amendment approved by the legislature. To be successful, petitions must be signed by a certain number of registered voters in the state depending on the type of petition. Once the petition is submitted and approved, it will be placed on the ballot for the next general election.