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South Dakota’s Federal-Only Voter List Grows To Nearly 6,000, Surprising Some Who Are On It

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 13, 7:15 PM MDT

updated Oct 16, 4:00 PM MDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by South Dakota Searchlight and Rapid City Post, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

An unusually high number of independent candidates are seeking South Dakota legislative seats, South Dakota Searchlight and the Rapid City Post reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 2, Oct 16, 6:06 PM MDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once

South Dakota’s federal-only voter list grows to nearly 6,000, surprising some who are on it · Rapid City Post · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 13, 7:15 PM MDT
Unusually high number of independent candidates seek South Dakota legislative seats · South Dakota Searchlight · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 16, 4:00 PM MDT

How It Unfolded

Oct 13, 8:20 PM MDT · first source seenOct 16, 6:06 PM MDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 13, 8:28 PM MDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.Oct 15, 9:51 AM MDTHeld: Decided by our rules.Oct 16, 6:06 PM MDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.