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The premise used to outlaw the use of drop boxes is false, according to a South Dakota News Watch survey of every county auditor in the state.

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.

When the question of using election drop boxes for South Dakota early voting was raised in a House State Affairs committee hearing in Pierre in early February, the discussion took on an ominous tone, mirroring national rhetoric over the integrity of American elections.

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.

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