Attorneys and the plaintiffs represented in a lawsuit against Secretary of State Monae Johnson exit the federal courthouse Friday afternoon in downtown Sioux Falls. (Joe Sneve / The Dakota Scout)
South Dakota’s chief election supervisor has overstated her role in overseeing voter registration, attorneys defending Secretary of State Monae Johnson and the State Board of Elections argued during a federal court hearing Friday in Sioux Falls.
Johnson and the state election board are accused of violating South Dakotans’ due process rights in their enforcement of a proof-of-citizenship law passed by the Legislature earlier this year.
The League of Women Voters and Sioux Falls resident Jaysen Hill challenged parts of the new law, which took effect earlier this year after the Legislature passed Senate Bill 175. The law stipulates that voters who do not provide proof of U.S. citizenship or proof of a residential address, as opposed to a post office box or mail-forwarding address, cannot receive ballots for state and local elections. Instead, they receive a ballot containing only federal contests.
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