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More than 10,000 voter registrations in South Dakota weren't properly transferred to voter rolls due to a computer coding error dating back to 2022, South Dakota News Watch has learned.
Only residents of South Dakota’s nine largest counties were impacted because of the state’s numbering system for counties based on population.
Two similar pieces of legislation, one resolution and one bill, dealing with the topic were defeated in committee and on the House floor, respectively.
A coding discrepancy resulted in a failure of "just over 10,500" registrations from transferring properly to the Secretary of State’s office
South Dakota law currently lets political parties' elected delegates decide at conventions who most of their statewide candidates for general elections should be.