Election Observer Recap: Monitoring Polling Places, Absentee Board Helps Ensure Voting Rights are Upheld

Nearly 50 trained election observers monitored Election Day locations in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Aberdeen to watch for any issues that would disenfranchise voters, including questions about individual voter eligibility and mass challenges to absentee ballots.

By Em Powers

Election observers 2024

Why Counting the Vote Can, and Should, Take Time

On Election Night, standard procedure and state-based policies mean elections officials may still be counting ballots after Election Day. This is normal.

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Let's Talk About It!

ACLU 2024 Election Conversation Guides

Election 2024 Conversation Guide

Want to Help Us Protect Democracy?

Join the ACLU's Election Protection Team and Volunteer as an Election Observer

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Despair and Resignation Are Not A Strategy: How to Fight Back In A Second Trump Term.

The ACLU has the battle-tested playbook to defend civil rights and liberties. Should we face a second Trump administration, we’re ready.

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Contact your County Auditor and help voters vote

Elections would not be possible without the help and support of precicnt workers.

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The Impact of the School Board

Whether you have kids in school or not, the decisions of school board members affect you.

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The ACLU's 2024 Legislative Priorities

What happens during South Dakota’s annual legislative session has a deep and lasting impact on our communities. Here’s what’s on our agenda this year.

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How We Are Protecting the Right to Vote on the Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder

Join us in our work to protect voting rights and end racially discriminatory voting practices.

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