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SD Not Targeted in Voter Registration Hack Attempts

SD Not Targeted in Voter Registration Hack Attempts

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The US Department of Homeland Security notified twenty-one states that hackers targeted their voter registration systems before last year’s election.
Most of the systems were not hacked, and those that were didn’t have any lasting effects.
South Dakota was not one of the states listed by DHS.
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs says the states voter registrations are constantly monitored……

Krebs says state elections leave a paper trail……https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/shantel-krebs-1003b

Krebs says those ballots are secured and stored for at least a year after each election.
She says there are more double checks between the counties and the state…..

Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota were among the states on Homeland Security’s list.

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