Advocacy groups encourage voters to get to the polls in South Dakota

Early voting in South Dakota began Friday, Sept. 19, and local advocacy groups held events to inform voters on changes to elections laws and encourage them to vote in this year’s midterms.

Indivisible 605, the South Dakota chapter of national non-profit, non-partisan group Indivisible, held a “People Hold the Power” march and rally in downtown Sioux Falls on Thursday, Sept. 17, to commemorate the eve of early voting opening in the state. The march started at Lyon Park and went down Phillips Avenue and across the Big Sioux, ending at the Riverwalk amphitheater in front of Cherapa Place.

“Tonight is intended to celebrate our right to vote that starts tomorrow at 8 o’ clock,” Craig Brown, indivisible 605 event coordinator, said…

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