
SOUTH DAKOTA (KELO) –Most of the county officials who administer elections in South Dakota don’t consider hand counting to be an effective or efficient method of tabulating votes. That’s the result of a South Dakota News Watch survey that saw input from 49 of the state’s 66 county auditors. Auditors are elected officials who supervise county, state and federal elections as well as maintain financial records and other duties. Nearly 90% of those who responded (43 of 49) answered “no” to the question of whether hand counting is an “effective...