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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2002

South Dakota attorney general Mark Barnett (R) dismissed allegations of widespread voter fraud on Indian reservations as unfounded rumor.

The Wall Street Journal in an editorial alleged irregularities with Indian voters on election day, including payments. Barnett said his investigators have not turned up any problems other than with 15 absentee ballot applications that were apparently signed by a fired worker for the state Democratic Party.

Indian voters carried Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) to his narrow win over outgoing Congressman John Thune. The Wall Street Journal editorial page is conservative and supports Republicans.

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No evidence fraud tainted vote results, Barnett says (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 11/21)

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