Monae Johnson declines to comment on 2020 election

Pat Powers

KELOLAND pressed Republican Secretary of State candidate Monae Johnson on questions over the conduct of the 2020 election, where some question the legitimacy of the vote in some states.

And this may be something she’ll be asked about again in the remaining weeks..

56 thoughts on “Monae Johnson declines to comment on 2020 election”

    1. We didn’t pick her. I guarantee if the nominee was chosen by a primary instead of convention, she doesn’t get 20% of the vote….

      1. I think Trump would have endorsed her and she would have won anyway. Barnett didn’t want it or try.

        Big endorsements and big out of state money flip these offices. Look at Taffy. $1 million spent helping her attack Dusty. $1 million is a drop in the bucket for these out of state groups.

        Convention rewarded hard work and that was Jackley Rhoden and Johnson.

        Barnett forgot how to campaign.

        1. Barnett has over $100k in his campaign account. Why didn’t he use it to win his race? Hire a team, mail postcards?

          If his report shows him well over $100k then he surely can’t just blame the system if he wasn’t willing to use his resources to win or at least try.

          In 2010 sattgast mailed a giant postcard a day. There is a guy who wanted to win.

          I’m more upset with those who voted for Natvig than I am with those who opposed Barnett. Monae wanted it bad enough to win.

          1. It wasn’t a public election. It was the equivalent of the electoral college. Delegates were sent to the convention.
            If it had been a primary election where the majority of republicans could express their opinion it could likely have changed. But this was a back room deal.

            1. And delegates were recruited to the convention. People who’ve never seen a Republican county or state meeting in their life. The convention has turned in to a game.

              1. as a precinct committeeman, a delagate, I voted to help place her on the ballot, I did my research and I believed she was sincere in holding our State, County, and Local Officials accountable to enforcing the constitution, the laws, and to help maintain free, fair, and integrity in our elections. I fully support a Legislative Investigation or Public Hearing to better understand the entire Electoral Process which is what we need more than most.

                While South Dakota has fast become a top touring state, one of which attracts thousands of Nomads, new Immigrants, both foreign and domestic, understanding our DOMICILE process, our process of governing over new voter registrations, to auditing and reviewing both our Domicile lists, and our Master Voting Registration File, comparing them to previous years ballots such as the 2016, 2018, and 2020 elections to review all ballots requested and recieved, will help us to understand the over all electoral process.

                Any such legislative investigation or public hearing allows the legislature to ask questions of the S.D Secretary of State, Election Board, County Auditors, Poll Workers, and allows for public comments by citizens to bring forward any such issues they may have or questions they may have.

                Mistakes happen, errors and omissions occur, often leading to fraud and abuse, or indirectly allows for election schemes to happen.

                I have favored a complete Legislative Investigation by the Audit or Operation Committee to allow the people to have this discussion out in the open in a formal setting, while the committee can within a Executive Session – review private info related to our Domicile Lists, Master Voting Registration List, and all related info related to Ballots (past, present, and future).

                The S.D Secretary of State has an important job, the office is tasked with safeguarding our private documents, certificates, deeds, voter information, election data, all things of public record from birth to death, from cradle to gave, to all business licenses, etc…

                The S.D Secretary of State, many do not know this, is also responsible for leading the effort to HOLD other “States’ accountable, meaning if necessary, the office can lead an effort to prosecute other States where a controversy may occur between each state or group of states, meaning if “WE” believe an American is domiciled in more than one state, that is unconstitutional, illegal, if we believe that previous State has not removed a voter from its registration roles, than we must hold them accountable, cause you may only vote in 1 state, based on Domicile.

                Like I said, with so many Nomads, Immigrants (domestic and foreign) moving to South Dakota, let alone simply vesting their DOMICILES here, while residing in other States, “WE” should want a Secretary of State who is open, honest, and willing to allow us to review, audit, and inspect the Office.

                I have called into question the manner of which the people have questioend the 2020 election, yes I beleive there was some fraud involved, more likely an “Election Scheme involved’ however, I am not one to attack a sitting president, nor announce that he may or may not be legimate or not, however, I do stand in defense of the constitution, and I demand that we hold a Statewide Investigation and hold a Public Hearing to better understand our Electoral Process of Electing state and local officials.

                If that is wrong, than I have no idea what some of you beleive in anymore.

  2. Monae and Tonchi are really going to clean up that office and elections in South Dakota. It’s about time! Be part of the solution or get out of the way.

    2. I didn’t know there were problems in that office…but lets take out an experienced SOS with a clean track record b/c Drew Dennert’s feelings got hurt at the capitol. Now we will have an election conspiracy theorist in the office come January. Fan Fricken Tastic.

      1. Or mailing out ballot application when no one asked him to

        No training to auditors who were against him behind the scenes….talk about a failure talk to real people not just the pierre establishment who got their feelings hurt

  3. I don’t want to be an election denier. Nope. Not going there. No way. Stop it. I won’t say it.

    Ok, I am. Thank you.

    1. A paper pushing secretary claiming to clean up the office???

      Will be worse than Jason Gant. A one time office holder.

  6. This is a dumpster fire inside a train wreck of a candidate. The party convention did itself absolutely no favors. This can only be topped by Minnehaha County Republicans nominating an election denier like Leah Anderson in the primary (so that one is on the voters and not the delegates).

    So Monae, when you imply that there was election fraud, did you believe it took place in South Dakota? If so, do you have any proof? If the office needs “cleaning up” what does that entail? Does it mean that more would be voters will be challenged at the polls and their voting rights denied?

  7. I’m going to vote for the D candidate for the first time in my life. We have to be done with the crazy.

    1. That makes sense…go from what appears to be crazy to something that is absolutely, certifiably insane.

  8. Not a fan of electronic tablet election systems, and it always leaves me with more questions than answers, when state SoS offices promote them. You can buy a lot of things with the amounts of money being thrown at elections these days. 2000 Mules has merit and I am sure both sides will escalate both fraud and surveillance this November and in 2024. This piece left me walking away with a more negative impression about Dan Santella and Keloland than it does Monae Johnson. My theory is that the harder media attacks a conservative candidate the better that person probably is. Throwing mud until something appears to stick, that something, more often than not, being irrelevant to sane thinking voters.

    1. 2000 mules? That’s hilarious. Santella should have asked Monae if she’d seen the movie and what she thought of it. You know Tonchi has seen it. Maybe ask if the twin towers was a false flag operation.

      1. So says someone who has never seen something that they are pretending to know anything about aside from being a lackey mouthpiece while burying their head in the sand. I didn’t find the humor you claim to have derived from the movie. You assume conservatives are as gullible as liberal progressives while having no clue the meaning of false flag operation. Just like Santella you are making foolish assumptions about a single opinion.

        1. 2000 Mules was a fantastic documentary, while it did NOT prove nor claim to know how or where or if the fraud was committed, but it did show how and where the SCHEME of manipulating the electoral process can occur. While I am one not to point fingers, I am demanding that the S.D Legislature hold a Public Investigation or Hearing by the Audit or Operation Committee to discuss the following:

          1) Review and Audit the DOMICILE LISTS of South Dakota,

          2) Review and Audit the S.D Master Voter Regisration File;

          3) Review and Audit all Ballots requested and recieved for the 2016, 2018, 2020 elections to inspect, and compare information.

          ***All three must fully match, and with S.D Being a top state for Nomads, Immigrants (foreign and domestic), that allows for Americans to reside both inside and outside S.D and to vote as a S.D Citizen so long as they are fully vested by placing their Domicile here.

          Constitution allows you to reside in multiple states, but you may only vote in 1 state, you have the right to travel, which allows you to request a Abdsentee Ballot if out of your precinct on or prior to the election date.

          A PUBLIC INVESTIGATION allows the committee to go into executive session to review private, protected INFO related to Domiciles, Voter Files, and Ballots;

          A Public INvestigation also allows the Committee to audit and review the entire S.O.S OFFICE asking questions of the Secretary of State, Staff Members, Election Board, County Auditors, Poll Workers, allowing citizens to have public commentary to voice concerns, thoughts, ideas.

          I see nothign wrong with doing this..

          People do not realize, the SOS is tasked with protecting, safeguarding all of our precious Documents, Certificates, License, Deeds, ALL things of Public Record to ensure that no fraud, abuse, scheming occurs.

          The people also do not realize the SOS can also hold other States accountable, where Americans move from one state to the next, you are instructed to surrender your DOMICILE if you make S.D your official residence, in doing so the previous state must remove you from their voter file, IF South Dakota suspects this is not being done, it creates a CONTROVERSY between States – and yes, S.D has the legal authority to sue another State or Group of States where as that controversy may be occuring….

          Remember, the LAW, the constitution says, you may reside in more than 1 state, but it also says you may only have 1 Domicile at one time. That means, even where you live in 10 states, you may only vote in 1 State.

          The SOS is tasked with ensuring that our electoral process of electing State and Local Officials is protected at all times.

          ALL I ask is for this investigation to be true, fair, and honest.

          1. I demand? Who made you God? I thought the government answers to all of us and not just you. I demand…how arrogant. You sound like a Democrat.

            1. Wow, yoy use such harsh language. I wish you people would use your real name if yoy wish to attack people for their comments, beliefs. Opinions. Your nothing buy a troll who thinks he knows everything. I provided my opinion and comments in a very respectful manner y like you. And I am not a Democrat. I am a Anti-Federalist just like Jefferson and Mason and Henry. I am a true hard working American who cares about tge soverienty of a free people.

            2. As a Democrat, we don’t want him either. Maybe the Constitution party has room for Mikey Z.

              1. Yep, there is Mr Cully, who loves to talk trash with anyone he disagrees with, but has no debate skills. All he loves to do is attack people for not thinking like himself.

  9. First Ravnsborg, now this. The SD Republican Party is so out of touch. Candidates like this give people reason to JUMP SHIP. Get a grip on reality and truth, people.

    1. Great comparison. First the convention picks Ravnsborg, who turned out to be a horrible AG. And now Monae — wow. Just wow.

  11. I think we should be voting on all candidates in the primary. Ridiculous a fringe few who somehow get their way.

    2. Yes – we should move all the races to a Primary. There is no way we should allow 500-700 people, who can all be recruited, to decide who the SOS or AG or Lt Governor will be. I would go a step further and say, we shouldn’t allow these whack jobs to pick the State Auditor or Public Utilities Commission either. These are serious offices that need serious people — no more puppets put up by the conspiracy theorists.

      1. Exactly!! I’m sick of all these conspiracy theorist loons high jacking the party and making the rest of us look like imbeciles.

    3. Maybe if more folks stepped up to the plate and became proactive in county GOP this would improve? Some folks experience with SD GOP leadership has been reported as being too little too late by the time Dan Lederman came on the scene. A 16 year dynasty ending with, in my uninformed looking glass perspective, feeding Krebs to the wolves and undermining Noem is not something I rejoice in.

      2. Cool is the flip side of crazy. He doesn’t think there’s any fraud going on, just voter suppression. So unfair to prevent the dead from voting you know, and people should be allowed to vote as often as they want.

  15. The convention was nearly hijacked by Monae’s delegates. Fortunately they were unsuccessful in their attempts to defund the convention and prevent the SDGOP’s endorsement of its own slate. Nominating Monae was the least of the problems they caused. They were awful.

    However, what did we learn from this?
    We learned that we can have a runaway convention, that’s what. Everybody who has been lobbying for a Convention of States has consistently downplayed concerns that a COS could go awry. Fears of a runaway Convention of States are always dismissed with explanations of how it would never happen.
    We can’t even control our own state convention and the COS advocates think we should take the chaos nationwide. Uh, no. I don’t think so.
    In the future, the nomination of the LG should be the made by the candidate who wins the primary for governor, and the AG and SOS candidates should be selected in the primary. We will have to look to the legislature to fix this problem for us..

  16. It has long been legal standing for Landowners, Property Holders, who are “fully vested” in the State as the real voters of our Governor, Lt Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, U.S Senator, etc in placing candidates on a direct ballot for general elections. Because the At-Large Candidates tend to more directly represent the landowners (property holders) of the State, the very people who founded the State by ceding parts of, if not all of their land upon creating the State, thus allowing us to use their Land for public use, they placed in our Constitution the means to nominate and place candidates on a public ballot. The ‘regular common residents” of the State have the right to nominate and place on the ballot common representatives such as the S.D House Reps, the U.S Representative Candidate, City Councilors, Local Judges, and so forth.

    It is your job to nominate and elect “Precinct Committeeman” and other County Delegates from within your “County and/or Precincts” to act in your best interest to nominate and appoint at-large candidates by means of nominating conventions of either the Democrat or Republican Parties.

    The process has remained pretty much the same from our nations founding, to present day.

    Landowners have always had the primary advantage of nominating and placing on the public ballots their choice to represent them.

    You must understand that At-Large Candidates are sworn to protect the landowners interests, maintaining our total sovereignty, in regards to the general public of commoners.

    While you as a non-landowner nominate and elect common representatives known as the State Representatives of the State House, City Councils, County Commissioners, Precinct Committeeman, Delegates, U.S House Reps;

    The Landowners therefore nominate and appoint to the general ballot candidates for our At-Large Positions known as the Governor, Lt Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, U.S Senator (of whom the Legislature appoints to U.S Senate), and so forth.

    Prior to Amendments 15 and other amendments, prior to 1900 – only LANDOWNERS could vote and elect At-Large Candidates, but the amendments adopted since, haved forced us to place those candidates on a general public ballot. However, the Primary Election was first established to allow landowners to make their choices to choose who “YOU” can vote for on the general ballot.

  17. I would point out to Mr. Zittrich that before 1918, women could not vote and that, before 1924, Native American residents of the state were not considered citizens and could not vote. I doubt his premise that landowners have some special privilege within our state constitution in 2022 to nominate or select candidates.

    1. The premise that LAND OWNERS have the power as I stated above in part of our Constitution is very valid. Keep in mind, you cannot rename a public street, redevelop land, or develop on any such land, or build on any land without first petitioning the landowner or property holder on that land. Property Ownership is every bit protected by the S.D Constitution, and in S.D – the real voters of all AT-LARGE candidates and issues is well grounded in fact and in law protecting the Landowner’s principled interests of the State. Since upon creating that State, the landowners had to of which ceded parts of, or sections of their LAND in order to be used for Public Use. Which was in fact, the #1 reason to establish the State, let alone smaller local Sub-Divisions – to pool their assets (land, real property, activities) together for commercial purpose, allowing them to tax themselves, adopt common rules and codes to create Public Things, Buildings, Roads, Infrastructure, Places, Utilities, and to establish a Police Dept and Fire Dept all to protect that commercial or public use of the sub-division.

      Even today, with all the amendments to the U.S Constitution, the original premise that LAND OWNERS are the one true ‘voter’ and decider of At-Large Candidates, Initiatives, etc, today, they play a huge role in how persons or issues get onto the PUBLIC BALLOT whereas the amendments protect the rights of women, natives, etc of voting on a public ballot once the at-large candidates have been nominated in conventions, whereas the landowners themselves have the most authority to choose.

      Today, we allow the residents to nominate Precinct Committeemen and women giving the a voice at these conventions, however, the delegates are chosen countywide as landowners or property holders nomiante and place them in charge of voting in their favor in those same convention venues.

      At Large Reps are there to protect the Landowner agaisnt the mob rule type mentality of “Residents” of whom get to nominate and directly vote for their common representatives known as the City Councils, County Commissioners, the S.D House Reps, U.S House Reps, Local Judges, Local Positions, whereas At-Large Reps are “chosen” by landowners/property owners in a convention like atmosphere.

  19. Us: “2+2=4 – mail in ballots illegal, USPS time stamps not legitimate, unsupervised ballot dumps, fake water main breaks, COVID hysteria and deadly vaccines, embedded Jan 6th federal agents, massive cover-up, you’re totally exposed and busted, but we don’t have enough prison cells or guards there are so many of you.”
    Them: “Prove it in a corrupt judiciary or it isn’t true. Oh yeah, and you can’t see the ballots or audit the digital vote records.”
    Us: “Okay, you violated the chain of custody. Therefore the election was, by default, by definition, not legitimate.”
    Them: “But you didn’t prove it.”
    Us: “It’s proven de facto.”
    Them: “Come into our preferred anti-Trump-deranged judiciary circuits and prove it.”
    Us: “Give up. We’re not going to start a civil war, losers.”

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