SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There’s fewer names on the state’s voter rolls, according to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and Secretary of State’s office.
In a news release Monday, officials said “273 noncitizens are being removed from the South Dakota voter roll.”
According to the release, DPS found the need for the correction and worked with “the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications to implement a fix.”
Secretary of State Monae Johnson said election integrity is the highest priority.
“We are proud of the thorough work done to safeguard South Dakota’s voter rolls,” Johnson said in a news release. “We worked closely with DPS to resolve this issue, and we’re constantly working to make sure that only eligible citizens are participating in our elections.”
According to the SOS, there are 617,396 active voters and a total of 682,031 registered voters in the state.
South Dakota has a 30-day residency requirement on its voter registration forms. South Dakota allows full-time travelers to be South Dakota residents if they spend one night in the state. Many list post office boxes at locations around the state as their place of residency as they travel. The locations serve as areas where mail can be sent and then forwarded on to the full-time traveler resident or where the traveler can pick up the mail.
