From an
AP article I just came across. Jan Nicolay is fed up with the crooked campaign tricks.
Here's the scoop:
GOP party official steps down
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - With less than two weeks to go before next month's general election, another South Dakota Republican Party leader is stepping down.
Jan Nicolay, a member of the party's executive board and a former state lawmaker, said Thursday she is upset with some of the tactics being used in this year's election.
Her resignation comes in the wake of the recent resignations of six other people connected to the party.
At issue are questions students on some college campuses have raised about whether absentee ballot applications were legally notarized.
Because of the flap, Nicolay said some students have become disillusioned with the political process and that's not right.
"It would be easier to sit back and say and do nothing but at the same time I couldn't do that," Nicolay told KELO-TV of Sioux Falls. "I just think it's a disservice to the young people that are probably for the first time getting involved or looking forward to getting involved."
Nicolay said the party did the right thing by enforcing a zero-tolerance policy, but she said she still doesn't want to be involved anymore.
"I'm bothered. We need to keep it clean. We need to protect this process. And people that are involved in it need to understand that. The candidates need to set the highest standard and say this is what we need to do and I guess I don't think it's been done."
In a statement, the party said it had already acted appropriately to address the issues Nicolay raised.