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Embattled Pischke withdraws from reelection race while facing election fraud charges

By The Dakota Scout 07/30/2026

A Dell Rapids state senator who has been charged with committing election fraud bowed to pressure Tuesday, July 28 by……

Addison Miller, Dusty Johnson column

Addison Miller: Dusty Johnson not the right choice for South Dakota governor

By Addison Miller, Guest Columnist 07/05/2025

Dusty Johnson came to my high school graduation party. The Dusty Johnson I see in Congress today is an entirely……

Absentee voting begins in South Dakota on Friday, April 19. In Brown County, voting booths are set up in the basement of the Brown County Courthouse. Aberdeen Insider photo by Elisa Sand

Software crash disrupts early voting in South Dakota, delays follow

By Jonathan Ellis of The Dakota Scout 11/01/2024

Long lines greeted would-be voters across much of the state Friday, Nov. 1 after an electronic vote system crashed. In……

Tom Dempster, a former state senator and Minnehaha County Commissioner, speaks at a press conference to announce the signature drive to put a constitutional amendment that would allow for open primaries on the 2024 general election ballot in Sioux Falls on April 19, 2022. Annie Todd photo courtesy of Argus Leader

Abortion measure tangled up in fight over petition location

By Stu Whitney of South Dakota News Watch 06/04/2023

The clash over South Dakota’s abortion ban and an attempt to make abortion a voter-approved constitutional right in 2024 have…