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Last Updated: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:13 PM MDT Six resign over absentee ballots
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Six people connected with the South Dakota Republican Party have resigned amid questions about absentee ballot applications being filled out on some college campuses.
Among the six is Larry Russell, who sought the party's nomination for the special U.S. House election in June and most recently directed the GOP's get out the vote program.
Questions have been raised whether some absentee ballot requests were signed by the student in the presence of the notary public whose seal was affixed to the request.
"The South Dakota Republican Party has a zero-tolerance policy regarding such matters, and on Friday and Saturday of last week accepted the resignations of the four independent contractors who were involved in the handling of absentee ballot requests," GOP executive director Jason Glodt said in a prepared statement.
The four were identified as Joe Alick, Nathan Mertz, Todd Schlekeway and Rachel Hoff. Eric Fahrendorf, a party employee, also resigned.
The GOP said it believes students who filled out the applications should be able to vote.
"It is our understanding that because all of the information submitted by the voters is true and correct, all of the ballots will be counted. We are taking additional steps to ensure that each of these legitimate requests are counted," Glodt said.
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