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Trump-aligned election deniers running for chief election posts could sow chaos, while other candidates push for expanding voting access.

Today's look back at local history as captured in the pages of The Citizen:

As you probably know, in South Dakota secretary of state nominees for major political parties aren’t decided through a statewide primary election, though they probably should be. They’re selected by party delegates at the state conventions, which were once pretty predictable affairs when it came to candidate nominations. Especially for Republicans.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— With most primaries now complete, a majority of the nation’s competitive secretary of state races pit a Republican nominee aligned with former President Donald Trump against a relatively mainstream Democrat.— This could benefit Democrats by being able to run against less electable Republicans — or it may not matter if a Republican wave crests high enough, carrying even the most controversial Republican nominees to victory. Either way, voters in many states will face a stark choice about how elections are run in the future.— Looking at this year’s 27 se...

Long-time Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth is turning his sights to landowner rights at the Public Utilities Commission this November.