Petition To Clarify South Dakota Proof Of Citizenship Law Shot Down Over Technicality

Only State Agencies Are Persons? Board of Elections Dodges Voting-Rights Rule Petition with Narrow Definition

The South Dakota Board of Elections found a way to trash a petition for changes to voter registration rules without ruling on the merits of the proposal… and in the process excluded South Dakotans from participating in the administrative rule-making process. Last week the League of Women Voters and other friends of democracy petitioned the Board of Elections to allow county auditors to accept photocopies of driver licenses, tribal identification…

Petition To Clarify South Dakota Proof Of Citizenship Law Shot Down Over Technicality

Under state law, any “interested person” can petition state boards to change administrative rules.