Incidents Expose Loophole

Chris Long (right), former middle and high school principal of Garretson High School and head football coach, walks between the administrative office at the Garretson school and the library with his attorney, David Kroon, on Feb. 23, 2022. (Photo by Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader)

Incidents Expose Loophole

Wed, 03/23/2022 - 12:00am

Two seemingly harmless words added to a state open meetings law in 2019 have sparked a debate over the rights of citizens to publicly comment at official government meetings in South Dakota, with several school boards at the center of the conflict.The state open meetings law, enacted in 1965, was ...

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BAN TABULATOR MACHINES?

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 5:19pm

Three SD counties (Gregory, Haakon and Tripp) will ask voters during the June 4 primary if they should ban the use of tabulator machines in future local elections. If the measures pass, the auditor’s offices in each county would have to hand-count ballots in the Nov. 5 general election and thereafter. Do you think tabulator machines should be banned?

Incidents Expose Loophole

BAN TABULATOR MACHINES?

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