Hand counting-voting machines debate rages in South Dakota
Nearly 90% of county officials who administer elections in the state don't find hand counts effective or efficient.
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Nearly 90% of county officials who administer elections in the state don't find hand counts effective or efficient.
Kiepke wrote she has asked the sheriff’s office to attend each county commission meeting and asked for security while ballots are being counted on election nights, all due to safety concerns
The assertion that election officials are not being threatened or intimidated in South Dakota helped derail legislation this week at the Capitol in Pierre that would have criminalized those acts.
Oscar Micheaux was a homesteader in Gregory County, South Dakota who became a world-renowned novelist and filmmaker. He was a pioneer in making films specifically targeted to a black audience.
A bill aimed at changing the names of some geographic features in South Dakota, like Scalp Creek in south-central South Dakota, failed to make it out of the Senate State Affairs Committee Wednesday.