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  "description": "South Dakota lawmakers approved a bill this legislative session that will allow individuals and election officials to challenge voters' citizenship.",
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  "textContent": "## No.\n\nThree people have been convicted of voter fraud in South Dakota elections since 2004, according to the Heritage Foundation, which has pushed stricter voting laws across the country to prevent fraud.\n\nThe convictions include a man who pleaded guilty to voting more than once in 2004, a Mitchell man who voted twice during a school board election and a Brookings County man who was charged after authorities said he attempted to vote twice in 2022. Two received a suspended sentence and one time served.\n\nSeveral other convictions listed by the Heritage Foundation involve gathering signatures.\n\nSouth Dakota lawmakers approved a bill this legislative session that will allow individuals and election officials to challenge voters' citizenship.\n\nIn 2024, state officials announced 273 non-citizens had been inadvertently added to voter rolls because of human error. One of those 273 people cast a ballot during the 2016 election, the Secretary of State's Office said.\n\n_This fact brief responds to conversations such as_  this one.\n\n## Sources\n\nThe Heritage Foundation, South Dakota election fraud\n\nRapid City Journal, Man who voted twice sentenced to time served (March 6, 2006 article)\n\nSouth Dakota Searchlight, New South Dakota law allows voters to challenge other voters’ citizenship\n\n* * *\n\nSouth Dakota News Watch partners with Gigafact to publish fact briefs that refute or confirm a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context. Send questions or feedback to _news@sdnewswatch.org_. Submit a question for us to answer on the tipline.\n\nThis newsletter and all our stories are free because we believe that ****essential, fact-based information should be available to everyone**** , not just those who can pay for it. If you can afford it, ****please consider joining others and becoming a supporter****. Thank you.\n\n\n                            Donate\n                        \n\nShare your thoughts on this story\n\n_**South Dakota News Watch** is an independent nonprofit. Read, donate and subscribe for free at _sdnewswatch.org_.**Contact freelance reporter Michael Klinski:** michael.klinski@sdnewswatch.org._",
  "title": "Fact brief: Have there been regular examples of voter fraud in SD elections?",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-05T09:00:41.622Z"
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