Why is the SD Secretary of State Tracking Citizens?
For profit, harassment, something else?
👏 👏 Update 2/22/2025:
The password requirement for the lobbyist listing has been removed. You can see a complete listing of all the lobbyists here (make sure to click on the search button). Thank you Secretary Johnson! https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Lobbyist/LobbyistSearch.aspx
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Interestingly the South Dakota Secretary of State has implemented a new “security system” that requires citizens to provide their email address to access certain information on the Secretary of State website (lobbyists and businesses).
One has to wonder why this is the case. There are many other ways of securing an electronic system. What is the real purpose of collecting the email addresses? Who will be using the email information? Where will it be stored? Are the email addresses going to be sold? Is it going to be connected to the person’s search on the site? Who is behind this effort?
Honestly, this seems like an excellent way to collect information so citizens can be harassed.
I find the email request even more bizarre, because the Secretary of State is fighting tooth and nail to keep from fully securing and auditing the electronic election hardware and software. So this must really be about something else.
What is it?
Yikes. WTHeck?? So….they are doing it for what, security purposes? That still doesn’t make sense…
I decline giving my email at every place of purchase. That’s an option. Can’t I have access to our state info without being tracked or getting our names in a system? Smells (kinda) off.
Why the change?... never needed it before....???? Taking away the right to information that should be transparent! What is the SOS hiding