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South Dakota's public assistance agencies and motor vehicle offices are regularly failing to provide voter registration services to individuals, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act.

Case
Updated December 22, 2022
South Dakota
Decided
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"Vote Here" sign in the grass in front of a polling station
Tribes and Group call on South Dakota Public Assistance Agencies and Motor Vehicle Offices to Ensure Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act
Press release/statement

Notice to the South Dakota Secretary of State of Noncompliance with Sections 5 and 7 of the National Voter Registration Act

Litigation
"The reforms we need in the midst of this pandemic are the same changes we’ve long needed to dismantle the structural barriers locking Black and brown voters out of full participation in our democracy."
Press release/statement
“The data is clear. The troubling gap in voter turnout among racial groups indicates an immediate need for lawmakers to address the issues, both historic and current, that continue to silence Black and Brown voters.”
Press release/statement

Ways to increase access to the ballot for people who are released from incarceration and for eligible voters who are currently incarcerated. 

Policy Briefs
Naila Awan
Shruti Banerjee

A toolkit to help local leaders and communities identify and act on the warning signs of a wrongful purge and to understand how federal law restricts  such purges.

Policy Briefs
We’ve reshaped society before to make America more equitable. We can do it again.
In the media
K. Sabeel Rahman
“[The] whole idea of voter fraud is predicated on this idea that greater participation is dangerous and not good for democracy."
In the media
Anoa Changa
"Vote by mail is not equally accessible to all voters. People are being left out."
In the media
Joshua Ceballos