Supreme Court won't involve itself in Minnehaha County's absentee ballot squabble

Plaintiffs alleged ballots connected to mail forwarding companies shouldn't have been counted

Dozens of ballots cast by absentee voters in Minnehaha County and challenged by self-described election integrity advocates will remain in the final vote results of this summer’s primary election.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has denied a request by Jessica Pollema and failed-state House candidate John Kunnari that it order Secretary of State Monae Johnson and county-level election officials to disqualify 132 ballots cast in Minnehaha County on the grounds that those voters did not meet residency requirements.

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