Madville Times readers have engaged in spirited discussion of voter identification laws. Some of us worry that efforts like Minnesota's voter ID ballot measure will disenfranchise lower-income voters. Supporters of such restrictions express concern about voter fraud. North Dakota isn't…
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Twelve of the newly drawn South Dakota Legislative districts have Republican primaries for Senate; fifteen have GOP primaries for House. I keep looking for signs that even one of the radical wingnuts whom Gordon Howie claims as members of his…
Our neighbors in Minnesota are likely to have on their November ballot a constitutional amendment to require voters to show photo ID at the polls. The Winona Daily News points out two relevant numbers: "The Minnesota Secretary of State's Office…
South Dakota Codified Law 12-18-6.1 requires South Dakotans to present a photo identification in order to vote. Those of us who find the photo-ID requirement odious have the option under SDCL 12-18-6.2 of signing an affadavit swearing we are who…
Secretary of State Jason Gant and the South Dakota Legislature continue the Republican war on voting rights with House Bill 1247, a measure that would take away the right to vote from folks on probation: South Dakota felons serving time…
Remember last school year, when the Madison Central School District offered to set up absentee voting stations at basketball games and other school events, community events, and even private workplaces? To promote the first vote on the district's new gym…
Both Madison and Sioux Falls voted to spend big tax dollars on sports arenas last night. The victors in big government sports spending are bubbling with language of progress and moving forward. In Madison, at least, I find it difficult…
South Dakota's freshman Republican Secretary of State Jason Gant is making good use of federal money to protect the voting rights of soldiers and other American citizens living and working overseas. Gant's counterpart in Colorado, freshman Republican Secretary of State…