"We've got a message for the local officials who run elections: South Dakota has your back," South Dakota House Majority Leader Will Mortenson said.
South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson is now a defendant in a lawsuit over an abortion rights ballot measure.
South Dakota's top Republican leaders are taking potshots at the newly announced Democratic presidential ticket.
Justin Roebuck can recall the exact moment that distrust of 2020 presidential election results impacted his status in the Republican Party.
Polls had closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, but as of 9 p.m. results were not yet available for Ramsey or Dakota Counties.
Measure leader Steve Bakken, a Burleigh County commissioner and former Bismarck mayor, said law enforcement resources would be better directed at opioids and fentanyl than marijuana.