Push for election hand counts spreads despite rejection in Lawrence County

An effort to reduce the use of technology in elections is spreading to additional South Dakota counties. Petitions have been filed in two counties and are circulating in at least 21 more of the state’s 66 counties to place measures on local ballots. The petitions need signatures from 5% of registered voters in the county. The petitions vary by county, but if approved by local voters, the most wide-ranging petitions would require paper ballots and hand-counting of votes, prohibit the use of electronic vote tabulation machines, and prohibit electronic voting devices except those needed for disabled voters. Mackenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight. 

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