So I voted on Tuesday. I normally tell all my friends to write me in. Aside from that I had a couple of candidates that I would have liked to write in myself. Low and behold they DON’T ALLOW THAT here. I asked the lady and she told me it’s not allowed and that they don’t have any ballots that allow write-ins. I even took a picture of the warning in the voting booth. Has it always been that way? Is it this way EVERYWHERE in SD? Either way this really bugs me. This abridges my right to vote for the officials that I want to vote for. All I got was a “prepackaged” version of what the powers that be want me to have and I wasn’t thrilled with most of the choices.
Anyone know why this is?