Guest columnists Drey Samuelson and Rick Knobe are urging Democrats, independents, and Libertarians to temporarily change their voter registration to Republican so they can vote in the upcoming governor’s runoff in South Dakota.
Why Switch Registration?
According to the columnists, the candidate who wins the GOP nomination is virtually guaranteed to be the next chief executive of South Dakota, given the state’s current political reality. They argue that by switching registration, non-GOP voters can have a say in the runoff election, which will effectively decide the state’s future.
The columnists, a former Democratic chief of staff to a U.S. senator and a former Republican mayor of Sioux Falls, both now registered independents, emphasize that voters can still switch back to their original registration after the runoff and vote for their preferred candidate in the general election.
Original reporting: The Dakota Scout (Sioux Falls) — read the source article.
