By South Dakota voters today will decide the fate of seven ballot measures, and the the nation will choose its next president.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. All absentee ballots must also be to local auditor’s offices by 7 p.m.
No South Dakota results will be made available until after 8 p.m. CT. That’s because the polls don’t close until 7 p.m. MT.
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In Brown County, roughly 8,700 people voted early, according to information from the auditor’s office. That’s roughly one-third of all registered voters.
Since Friday, Oct. 25, at least 450 absentee ballots have been cast each weekday in Brown County.
All voters should take a government-issued identification card to the polls. Those who don’t have IDs will be able to vote and sign a personal identification affidavit.
In Brown County, there are 11 vote centers, and registered voters can cast ballots at any of them, but will need an ID to make sure they get the right ballot.
Vote centers in Aberdeen are at:
- AmericInn Event Center, 301 S. Centennial St.
- Best Western Ramkota Convention Center, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W.
- Brown County Courthouse Community Room, 25 Market St.
In rural Brown County, there are vote centers at:
- Claremont City Hall
- Columbia Legion
- Frederick Community Center
- Groton Community Center
- Hecla Community Center
- Stratford Community Center
- Warner Community Center
- Westport Community Center
The Aberdeen Insider will be continually updating election results online at aberdeeninsider.com from after 8 p.m. into the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Online, the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office will be tracking vote totals from across the state at sdsos.gov.
Local county auditor’s offices have sample ballots. The secretary of state’s website also has a voter portal. Click on the Division of Elections menu, then on Voter Information Portal. It can be used to confirm voter registration information, see sample ballots and find polling places.
There’s also an explanation of all of the ballot measures on the secretary of state’s website.
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Stories about all local and statewide races and ballot measures have been published in The Aberdeen Insider throughout the month. See back issues or search “2024 election” on the website for that content.
Brown County Auditor Lynn Heupel previously said she’d love to see local voter turnout of 80% to 90%, though knows that’s a lofty goal that’s not usually attained.
Cheryl Finstad provides some final instruction to a Brown County voter on Monday, Oct. 28 at the Brown County Courthouse Annex. By late afternoon more than 320 had cast absentee voters on the day. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Aberdeen Insider photo by Elisa Sand.
As of Oct. 1, there were 624,195 registered voters in South Dakota. Here’s how they broke down:
- Republican: 316,486
- Democrat: 146,024
- No affiliation/independent/no label: 157,724
- Libertarian: 2,974
- Other: 987
- Inactive: 63,923
In Brown County, there were 25,778 registered voters at the start of the month. The breakdown follows.
- Republican: 12,856
- Democrat: 7,289
- No affiliation/independent/no label: 5,533
- Libertarian: 99
- Other: 10
- Inactive: 1,133