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PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) — A legislative committee approved an election-related bill this morning, despite warnings it will fail in court. The measure would prohibit the use of paid petition circulators, a practice the U-S Supreme Court endorsed in the late 1980’s. Committee members voted to recommend its passage by the full House, saying it may be time for the Supreme Court to reconsider.
Another Committee took up the emotionally charged debate over a proposal to do away with voting machines and return to hand-counting ballots. Critics of the machines, like computer expert Rick Weible of Elkton, say the machines open the door to fraud. The bill died in committee, 5-3.
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