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PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota State Senate narrowly passed a bill that would drastically change the way statewide elected officials are elected. Members of the Senate State Affairs committee want to take all elected offices out of the convention process, and put them on the primary ballot. Senate Bill 40, sponsored by Sen. David […]
PIERRE, SD – This coming legislative session, South Dakota lawmakers could be asked to clarify a state law dealing with the counting of election ballots. It comes amid concerns that certain groups are increasingly pushing for hand counts. Political observers contend that push is connected to false claims by conservative groups that the 2020 presidential election […]
LOWER BRULE – A county commissioner in South Dakota will resign and be replaced by a Native American tribal member as the result of a voting rights lawsuit. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe filed the lawsuit against Lyman County in May. Much of the tribe’s reservation is within the county, on the western bank of […]
PIERRE, SD – Secretary of State-Elect Monae Johnson campaigned as the candidate who would secure South Dakota’s elections. That message helped her defeat Democratic challenger Tom Cool – who campaigned on concerns about Johnson being an “election denier” – with 65% of the vote. But the campaign is over, and Johnson is thinking about the changes she […]
STURGIS, SD – Ranchers and farmers have until Aug. 1, 2022, to nominate candidates to serve on their local County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Committee. Elections will occur in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for members. LAAs are elective areas for FSA committees in a single county or multi-county jurisdiction. This may include LAAs that […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota’s primary election is three weeks from today. Those overseeing the process, as well as groups educating voters, hope residents are taking steps to be ready to cast their ballot. Steve Barnett, Secretary of State, said the midterm election will feel normal, and not like the 2020 vote where absentee ballots […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday signed a bill to bar state election officials from accepting donations for election operating costs, taking aim at Mark Zuckerberg’s donations that in 2020 helped officials hold elections in the midst of the pandemic. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, in 2020 donated $350 million nationwide […]
DENVER, CO – South Dakota cow/calf and crop farmer, Jeff Kippley was elected to serve family farmers and ranchers from across the nation as National Farmers Union vice president. He was elected Monday during the 2022 National Farmers Union Convention held in Denver, Colo. “I am honored family farmers and ranchers put their trust in […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Local school boards around the country are increasingly becoming cauldrons of anger and political division, boiling with disputes over such issues as COVID-19 mask rules, the treatment of transgender students and how to teach the history of racism and slavery in America. Meetings that were once orderly, even boring, have […]
