Secretary of State Reaffirms Duty to Follow State Law
(Pierre, S.D.) – The South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office has not yet been formally served with the lawsuit filed in League of Women Voters v. Johnson.
The Secretary of State’s Office is responsible for implementing and administering the laws passed by the South Dakota Legislature. While the Office may not agree with every policy decision made by the Legislature, our responsibility is not to decide which laws to follow. Our responsibility is to carry out the law as it is written.
We must presume that legislation enacted by the Legislature is constitutional until a court determines otherwise. Until there is a court decision regarding the law at issue in this case, the Secretary of State’s Office will continue to administer it as required.
The Office will review the lawsuit once it is formally served and will comply with any direction issued by the court. Until then, we will continue to follow the law and fulfill the responsibilities placed on this Office.
For more information, please visit the Secretary of State’s website: https://sdsos.gov
Well yes, the SOS is supposed to follow the law. That’s how Monea got sideways with the Freedom Caucus Freaks that put her on the ballot.
In no way do I think Batsh*t Baxter will follow the law.
Vote Davis!!
Her own district didn’t vote for to go represent them but yet right wingers vote her in as SOS. Seems like BS
Hand counting ballots, here we come with Baxter.
the lawsuit might prove to be entertaining.
the plaintiffs allege that the new law is “confusing.”
So I looked up the text of SB 175
Among the forms of documentation is the driver’s license or non-driver’s identification card which shows that the bearer is a US citizen
This information is on the back of the drivers’ license, not on the front.
Is this the confusing part?
Or is the “legible” photocopy of birth certificates or passport pages the confusing part? Do people not know what “legible” means?
The plaintiffs are all about using words like “burdensome” and “confusing” and how the explanations some would-be voters are receiving contain “inaccurate” information. No examples were provided in that press release.
One article I read stated that the new law makes it “impossible” for the League of Women Voters to register new voters.
Yeah, well, about that: I went to a meeting of the League of Women voters back in 1971 & I was the youngest woman there.
If those ladies are still alive it is not surprising they are confused.
They need to practice drawing a clock face, and remember those three little words: sunrise, banana, chair.