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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of South Dakota News Watch stories providing analysis of potential South Dakota ballot initiatives for the 2024 election.
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Gov. Kristi Noem was a major proponent of eliminating the state sales tax on groceries during her 2022 gubernatorial campaign and during the 2023 legislative session.
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of South Dakota News Watch stories providing analysis of potential South Dakota ballot initiatives for the 2024 election.
On April 18, 2023, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) held a public session as part of its three-day Annual Symposium in Philadelphia. Throughout the day, Attorneys...
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South Dakota lawmakers recently passed House Bill 1165, which modified absentee voting rules and banned the use of unmonitored ballot drop boxes. The measure was then signed into law by Gov. Kristi Noem. But the premise used to outlaw the use of drop boxes – that they are vulnerable to fraud and used to rig electoral outcomes – is false, according to a South Dakota News Watch survey of every county auditor in the state.