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Election Equipment, Electronic Pollbooks, and Vote Center Information

Contracts, certification resources, electronic pollbook requirements, and South Dakota vote-center counties.

Equipment & Contracts

Public equipment information

Contracts

OpenSD contracts

View state contracts and service agreements through OpenSD.

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Systems

Election Systems & Software agreements

Review sales-order agreements for DS200, DS450, DS850, and ExpressVote equipment.

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State-certified voting equipment

Review voting equipment certifications recorded by the South Dakota State Board of Elections, including system versions, certification dates, and NASED or EAC numbers.

View Voting Equipment Certifications

Electronic pollbook safeguards

South Dakota law and administrative rules require secure, encrypted electronic pollbooks, password protection, controlled access, audit trails, and printed paper backup records.

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Vote Centers

Counties currently listed as vote-center counties

Brookings County

Lori Schultz

520 3rd St., Suite 100, Brookings, SD 57006
605-696-8250

Brown County

Lynn Heupel

25 Market Street Ste 1, Aberdeen, SD 57401-4293
605-626-7110

Haakon County

Stacy Pinney

PO Box 698, Philip, SD 57567
605-859-2800

Hughes County

Thomas Oliva

104 E. Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
605-773-7451

Hyde County

Marilyn Ring

412 Commercial Ave. SE, Highmore, SD 57345
605-852-2519

Oglala Lakota County

Sue Ganje

906 N River St., Hot Springs, SD 57747-1398
605-745-5130

Potter County

Tye Vander Vorst

201 S Exene, Gettysburg, SD 57442-1526
605-765-9408

Sully County

Susan Lamb

PO Box 265, Onida, SD 57564
605-258-2541

Yankton County

Patty Hojem

321 W. 3rd St., Ste 100, Yankton, SD 57078-4396
605-260-4436

What is a vote center?

A vote center allows a registered voter in the jurisdiction to vote at any vote center in that jurisdiction. Electronic pollbooks are used, the jurisdiction is designated as one precinct for the election, and printed paper backup records are provided.

Current Documents

Official forms and resources

Current documents from the official SDSOS Elections pages are stored with this redesigned page for reliable access.