
LAWRENCE COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — Lawrence County commissioners are the first to deal with a petition calling for hand counting all ballots in elections and a ban on electronic voting and tabulating machines. The county auditor confirms the group behind the petition has collected enough signatures. The petition calls for a countywide vote that, if passed, would only allow for hand counting of ballots. Sarah Frankenstein, a Rapid City lawyer who specializes in election law, was brought in to give her advice to the commissioners. She told the commissioners she...