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Senate defeats bill that would ban county vote centers after lengthy debate
Summary
The South Dakota Senate rejected Senate Bill 103, which would have prohibited counties from using vote centers, on a 13-22 roll call after a multi-hour debate that split senators over local control, election security and access for rural and reservation voters.
Senator Pischke introduced Senate Bill 103, an act to prohibit the use of voter centers in a county, and the Senate rejected the measure on a roll call of 13 yeas and 22 nays.
Supporters of the bill argued vote centers and the electronic poll books that often accompany them create a cybersecurity risk and can undermine precinct-based voting. “They are vulnerable to hacking,” Senator Pyschke said during debate. She described scenarios in which an attacker could alter electronic poll-book records and allow people to vote multiple times.
Opponents framed the issue as one of local control and voter…
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