Our friends at the Minnesota Historical Society present Allan Lichtman of American University.

Lichtman will explore how Americans have fought and died for the right to vote yet the world’s oldest continuously operating democracy guarantees the franchise to no one, not even citizens.

This lack of universal voting rights originated in a crucial mistake by America’s founders: omitting a right to vote from the Constitution and leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states. The battles for the vote from the founding to the present, show that today our voting rights are in greater jeopardy than at any time in recent years.

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Our neighbors, the Minnesota Historical Society, presents the Live Virtual Lecture "The Murky Past and Contested Future of the Electoral College" with OAH Distinguished Lecturer Rosemarie Zagarri.

Zagarri, of George Mason University, will discuss the origins of the Electoral College as a jerrybuilt compromise, devised by the framers of the Constitution, that satisfied no one completely.

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Facebook Live session with Sara Frankenstein 12:30PM CT | 11:30 PM MT Click arrows to go to Her Vote. Her Voice. Facebook page. Click on Facebook Live session at 12:30 CT. >>>

To vote in U.S. elections, you must be a U.S. citizen, turn 18 on or before Election Day, and meet South Dakota’s residency and registration requirements. Attorney, Sara Frankenstein, partner of Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP, will share information about voting. You may be surprised at some of the voting facts that she will share.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. South Dakota allows any voter to request a ballot by mail. You can also vote in person. South Dakota offers early voting.

Vote on Election Day

Voters registered in South Dakota can look up where to vote on South Dakota's site.

Vote early

South Dakota voters can also vote before Election Day through a process called absentee in-person voting. The period for absentee in-person voting runs from Friday, September 18, 2020 to Monday, November 2, 2020, but dates and hours may vary based on where you live.