Johnson's election committee talks future audit plans

The second meeting of Secretary of State Monae Johnson's summer work group included discussion of how an election audit law should be implemented.

Members of the Secretary of State’s election audit committee meet in the State Capitol. (Austin Goss/The Dakota Scout)

PIERRE – South Dakota has a relatively good, robust election system — and an election audit bill passed last legislative session is only going to make it better.

That was the takeaway from members of an election integrity summer study — the organization of which was a priority for first-term Secretary of State Monae Johnson. 

“We do things pretty well here,” said Rep. Rebecca Reimer of Chamberlain. “But we do need to bring some confidence back to voters.”

The group has been guided by Jennifer Morrell, an election audit expert from the University of Minnesota. It has functioned as a sort of unconventional summer study group akin to an informal work group.

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