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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Proponents of open primary elections in South Dakota are closing in on their goal.
The nonpartisan South Dakota Open Primaries ballot committee has collected nearly 26,000 signatures to put their initiative on the 2024 ballot.
They need to reach a little over 35,000 by May.
Committee co-chairman Joe Kirby says that it’s unfair that independent voters do not get to participate in the process.
Primary election turnout in South Dakota has been as low as 20%.
