Besides breaking state and federal laws, you have to question if she acted alone;
On July 31, The ACLU of South Dakota sent a letter (see attached) to the Secretary of State’s office demanding they remove publicly available copies of the statewide voter registration file that make it possible to identify which voters registered at public assistance offices while applying for assistance programs. On August 1, the Secretary of State’s office complied with our demands to remove the data pertaining to where a voter registered and notify all impacted voters by mail.
This was an egregious violation of voters’ privacy rights. These privacy rights are guaranteed under state and federal law, including the National Voter Registration Act (“NVRA”)
I don’t think it takes the average bear to figure out Johnson isn’t intelligent enough to have acted alone on this. She would have had to have the backing of the Attorney General. It will be interesting to see what heads will roll on this, besides Johnson. As for the act itself, whoever is guilty, not only is it a violation of state and federal law, it probably violates several ethics laws, but besides all that it, it is extremely despicable, but not surprising since our entire state government has been taken over by the Trump Administration who has a very racist agenda.
I’m just waiting for the Republicans to pass a law in Pierre that says you can’t register to vote if you are on public assistance. Or, a work requirement to register.