South Dakota rumors about voter registration campaign
Election officials and law enforcement authorities [in South Dakota] are keeping close watch on voter registration projects in north Rapid City after reports that two convicted felons were being paid to specifically sign up Democrats.
Pennington County Auditor Julie Pearson said Friday that she and her staff had not found any fraudulent registration forms. But she said she is being especially vigilant because of a well-publicized case of voter registration fraud in the county two years ago.
Pearson also grew concerned after officers from the Pennington County Sheriff's Office notified her that two people with criminal records had been working the North Rapid area to register voters. ...
It isn't illegal for convicted felons to register voters, Pearson said. Nor is it illegal for voter registration workers to be paid on a per-head basis for their registration work. In fact, state elections supervisor Kea Warne of Pierre said state law doesn't prohibit registration workers from paying people to register. -- Voter registration charges, denials fly (Rapid City Journal)
Despite this behavior's being legal, the Democrats say that they are not doing it.