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New South Dakota law allows voters to challenge other voters' citizenship
(southdakotasearchlight.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2026
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Time to start looking up every white-ass right-wing voter in the state that has a second home or spends early November out of state this year and challenge their registration 91 days before the 2028 election.
flooding the office is the only way to deal with these things
We can "flood the zone", too.
Do it. Let me know if I can help.
Don't limit it to those that spend time out of state. It's not your job to be accurate. I assume everyone travels.
The article doesn't say how South Dakota county auditors are chosen, how they make decisions or what scrutiny they are subject to but I'm not sure I like your chances here
It doesn't matter. If 50 people challenge every voter in the state, that's almost 50m reports that need sorted. Ideally, there will be enough outrage that thousands of people will be reporting. Also, manually reporting without using an API to create a denial of service would be the best tactic. The point is to display how insipid the process is, not to cause a denial of service attack.
In the worst case, maybe they could simply disallow manual reports, and automate the selection of reports that match their desired outcomes, and the silent discard of all others.
wait'll white people start claiming indigenous people aren't citizens.
You’re too late. ICE has already arrested people with Native American IDs, claiming they are invalid.
ICE has arrested people with valid REAL-IDs claiming they aren't real. They'll do whatever they want to whoever they want.
Are Native American IDs not real?
ETA: Reading this back, it looks really pas-ag. Not American, the question is sincere. I've never heard of Native American IDs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act
Oh right! Ok, the comment makes more sense now. Thanks
REAL-ID is a new-ish standard required to obtain a driver's license or personal ID. It requires more documentation than was previously required. Native American IDs are real, but REAL-ID is not related.
Just out of curiosity: What do you think 'll is the contraction of?
Not proper but it scans as "wait till", as "til", "till", and "until" are interchangeable in common English, "till" being a somewhat archaic but still often used version.
Interesting
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/till
It’s a fairly common. I think YingYang Twins used it in a popular song. “Wait’ll you see this dick”
Til/Till is used quite a bit below the Mason Dixon line on the Eastern coast of the US, often related to time. Wait'll is super prevalent there in speech.
It's used pretty widely throughout the country in my experience.
You're a little late https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_v._Wilkins
That would be hilarious. Just start challenging anyone and everyone with a MAGAt sticker just before the election and lock them all down in pointless bureaucracy of proving their citizenship
It says you need some kind of documented evidence but I’m sure that’s pretty easy to gin up for a lot of people.
AI go brrrr...
Real chaotic good energy. I dig it!
I try. The world needs more chaotic good.
Liberals love to pretend the law is self-enforcing and refuse to ask what role the state's deeply racist and violent state bureaucrats, or the police and sheriff's offices (nevermind any ICE agents operating in the state) will play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Eye_(United_States)
Incidentally, Supreme Court Justice William Renquist started his career as a poll-watcher in Arizona, screening out any who looked too Democrat.