Democrats in South Dakota are upset that voters in three rural counties will decide tomorrow whether to return to counting ballots by hand in this fall’s elections. The process may be slower, but too many questions have been raised about the accuracy of the machine tabulators that are in use at most precincts around the nation these days. When the Associated Press decided to cover this bit of local news, they of course took a mocking tone, talking about “unfounded conspiracy theories.” But clearly some of South Dakota’s voters don’t feel that way. If the media wants everyone to have more confidence in the election results, perhaps they should be encouraging all of the state governments to act with more transparency and give people a reason to be confident.
Voters in at least three rural South Dakota counties are set to decide Tuesday whether to return to counting ballots by hand,…
