SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Voter turnout was looking large in the Sioux Falls area on Tuesday.
Long lines were reported at polling stations across South Dakota’s largest city.
Mayor Paul TenHaken was reminding voters that COVID-19 doesn’t disappear on election day.
“Respect people around you when you go in to vote. Give them proper distancing if you are going in person. Wear your face covering.”
Poll workers are being COVID-conscious, constantly wiping surfaces. At a polling place in central Sioux Falls, a voter said the pen wasn’t working, so a worker gave him a new one, but wiped it down first.
Lincoln County Auditor Sheri Lund in Canton talked about early birds with KELO Radio’s Bill Zortman on his It’s Your Business Show.
“We have had lines outside some of our precincts waiting for people to vote as early as 6 o’clock this morning when I came into work.”
Voting was heavy at the polling places even though there has been a record or near-record flood of absentee votes in South Dakota for the 2020 election.
Voter turnout was also reported strong in Iowa and some election experts are expecting a tidal wave of votes in Minnesota.
Candidates were getting in their last-minute licks for votes. Congressman Dusty Johnson was spotted on a street corner in Sioux Falls, amid workers holding his campaign signs, as cars honked as they drove by.
Polls close at 7 p.m. in South Dakota.
