A move to prohibit per-head payments to workers who register voters or get them to the polls was passed Wednesday by the South Dakota House after a debate that split mostly along party lines.
The measure's main sponsor, Rep. Mike Buckingham, R-Rapid City, said HB1085 would help prevent fraud by preventing political organizations from paying workers based on how many people they get registered or deliver to polling places. Such workers could still be paid salaries or by the hour, he said.
If a driver gets paid $10 for each voter delivered to the polls, questions arise on whether the driver gives a cut of the commission to each voter, Buckingham said. "What I'm trying to accomplish here is a clean election," Buckingham said.
I wonder if he's any relation to Lindsay.
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