Query: Given that the overall Dem #'s are up only slightly, yet there are huge increases on the Indian reservations, doesn't that mean the Dems are DOWN in the rest of the state?
You are exactly right about that. The net Democratic registration increase in those 8 counties is 4,533. This means that the Rats are in fact DOWN in the rest of the state by a net 2,319.
This could well be another reason for the fraud. South Dakota Rats, already stuck with a very Republican state in terms of registration, noticed their numbers declining outside of the central part of the state, and decided to get even in the most Politically Correct way possible. After all, you can't criticize fraud involving "minorites" or you are a racist.
DWG