This week on Matters of the State, we look at possible changes to voting and audits for South Dakota elections.

Voters in three small South Dakota counties on Tuesday rejected initiated measures to require hand-counting of ballots in future elections. The votes in Gregory, Haakon and Tripp counties were an ...

This number is an estimate and is based on several different factors, including information on the number of votes cast early as well as information provided to our vote reporters on Election Day ...

South Dakota is one of the country’s most conservative states, but that precinct is in a legislative district represented by all Democrats. In the 2020 presidential election, Minnehaha County ...

North and South Dakota Republican leaders have been on the national stage a lot throughout this election cycle.

South Dakota voters might decide on Nov. 5 whether to reject a new state law regulating carbon dioxide pipelines. The ballot ...

A recount of ballots for the Lawrence County Commission seats, a precinct woman, and the Meade County treasurer showed the ...

The statewide survey, also sponsored by the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota, showed that 55% of respondents favored the plan to change the state’s election format ...

Stutsman County Auditor Jessica Alonge said she received three reported instances of an election judge failing to put her ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- More than 100 absentee ballots in one of South Dakota's least conservative counties should not have been rejected after being challenged by the leader of a group that has ...

More Than 100 South Dakota Primary Ballots Shouldn't Have Been Rejected, Elections Official Says SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — More than 100 absentee ballots in one of South Dakota's least ...