New Voter-Registration Law Faces a Test in Federal Court
The lawsuit says the state’s rollout has wrongly pushed about 1,500 voters into federal-only status and blocked eligible residents from state and local ballots.
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State of South Dakota faces lawsuit over proof-of-citizenship voter registration law
A nonprofit organization and a Sioux Falls voter filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court over the implementation of South Dakota’s new proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration. Senate Bill 175, passed by lawmakers and signed into law by Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden in March, requires documentary proof of citizenship from people registering to vote. That […]
New voter-registration law faces a test in federal court
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- A new South Dakota law that requires people to prove U.S. citizenship when they register to vote is being challenged in federal court. A coalition of voting rights advocates on Monday sued South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson and the South Dakota Elections Board, which Johnson chairs. At issue is [...]
Voter groups, Minnehaha County man sue state over voter registration law
The League of Women Voters of South Dakota and a Minnehaha County resident filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block the state’s implementation of a new voter registration requirement.The plaintiffs, represented by the Campaign Legal Center, the American Civil Liberties Union Voting Rights Project, the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota and the Sioux Falls law firm Heidepriem Purtell Siegel Hinrichs, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Distr…
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