Shame

Argus Leader (South Dakota):

The state Republican Party has accepted the resignations of the chairman of its get-out-the-vote operation and four contract workers in the aftermath of an absentee voter application controversy on South Dakota college campuses.

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The investigation stems from reports that students at South Dakota State University filled out applications for absentee ballots, but the person who notarized them might not have been the person who witnessed their signatures.

Secretary of State Chris Nelson asked Calhoon to get to the bottom of the matter, and Calhoon then called Bierne.

The controversy began after Jeff Thune, nephew of John Thune, set up a table at SDSU to secure absentee ballot applications. He told people he was a notary public, but his name was not on a list of registered notaries on the secretary of state's Web site.

*UPDATE* Apparently, Bill Janklow isn't pleased:

Former GOP Rep. Bill Janklow, who has been out of the spotlight since serving time for a manslaughter conviction this year, lashed out Tuesday at a Republican get-out-the-vote operation that he accused of breaking election rules.

"These people are cheating," he said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "When you tamper with it, you cheat the system. And cheating in elections is the worst form of cancer because it's uncontrollable."