SIOUX FALLS, S.D (KELO) — Petitions to allow voters to decide whether their county should hand-count ballots – are circulating across South Dakota. Today the McPherson County Commission was the latest to decide not to put that question on the ballot. That’s because turning off all voting machines would violate both state and federal law. […]
For months, taxpayer-funded public defenders, public advocates and court-appointed private attorneys have privately exchanged stories of delays in meeting prison clients.