SOUTH Dakota residents will be allowed to challenge each other’s citizenship at the polls after the state passed new voting registration laws.
Republican Governor Larry Rhoden urged locals to take advantage of the massive change and protect “election integrity.”
The new law was one of six bills signed into law by the governor on Thursday.
The law amends the reasons for challenging an individual’seligibility to vote.
State law already allows avoter’sregistration to be challenged up to 90 days before an election if they’re suspected of not being a South Dakota resident.
The newlawaddscitizenshipas a justification for challenging voter registration.
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“If you find somebody who’s not a citizen and is trying to vote, then do something about it,” Thomas Deadrick, the deputy secretary of state, said during a legislative committee hearing, according toSouth Dakota Searchlight.
Rhoden said he hopes the new legislation will be an example to others across the US and urged lawmakers to take note.
Source: Drudge Report
