This case isn’t just about enforcing South Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care. It’s about the harmful rhetoric surrounding the question of whether providers should be allowed to discriminate against a broader group of people, including trans adults.

The ACLU of South Dakota urges the Minnehaha County Recount Board to count all unlawfully rejected ballots and asks that no voters will be removed from the voter registration rolls based on these challenges and that no improper challenges will be entertained during the Nov. 5 general election.

Across the country and right here in South Dakota, political attacks against transgender people have grown exponentially over the last several years. This lawsuit is just the latest attempt to erase transgender people from society.

This isn’t about leveling the playing field for student athletes or protecting fairness in women’s sports. If it were, Gov. Noem and Attorney General Jackley would be tackling the actual threats to women’s sports, not using trans youth as a political punching bag.

As office manager, Goth is responsible for ensuring the chapter’s physical offices are running smoothly and efficiently while also managing the needs of remote staff across South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wyoming.

The South Dakota Office of Hearing Examiners affirmed last month that the Oglala Sioux Tribe could not be required to pay the City of Martin’s legal fees to receive public records. Unfortunately, in that same decision, the examiner failed to protect the Tribe’s sovereign immunity.

South Dakota laws already place significant requirements on how ballot measures are publicly presented. House Bill 1244 infringes on citizens’ rights to gather the thousands of petition signatures necessary to place questions on statewide ballots.

House Bill 1224 does nothing to directly address the issue that is really risking the lives of pregnant patients: South Dakota's abortion ban.

South Dakota has been heralded as the freest state in the nation – but restricting access to one of the most fundamental rights we have as Americans, participating in our democracy through voting, strips new residents of their freedom to take part in our elections.