South Dakota lawmaker faces felony election fraud charges
Dell Rapids Republican arrested following monthslong investigation
A South Dakota lawmaker is accused of committing election fraud earlier this spring.
State Sen. Tom Pischke has been arrested on two felony charges following a monthslong investigation into a series of candidate filings suspected by election officials in Minnehaha County to be bogus. According to the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, the Dell Rapids legislator voluntarily turned himself in to the Minnehaha County Jail on Tuesday on two counts of offering a false or forged instrument for filing. He was booked and subsequently released on a personal recognizance bond.
Pischke, 44, a veteran legislator seeking his third term in the state Senate, declined to comment, directing questions to his legal representation.
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