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Based on the numbers posted by nothingnew at #29, the census #'s really indicate some sort of problem, particularly in the following counties.

County	# Registered to vote	Population (18+ yrs. of Age)	Too Many Registrations	Turned 18 yrs. old in 2000	Unexplained by Post Census Birthdays	% of Population Registered to Vote
Bennett	2369	2273	96	144		104.22%
Campbell	1412	1312	100	52	48	107.62%
Dewey	4129	3649	480	258	222	113.15%
Haakon	1655	1632	23	63		101.41%
Hand	3024	2821	203	102	101	107.20%
Hanson	2527	2213	314	103	211	114.19%
Harding	955	912	43	49		104.71%
Jackson	1880	1861	19	119		101.02%
Jones	882	880	2	35		100.23%
Mellette	1416	1348	68	82		105.04%
Shannon	6990	6831	159	627		102.33%
Sully	1174	1158	16	44		101.38%
Ziebach	1606	1499	107	114		107.14%
=	30019	28389	1630	1792	582

Data has obviously changed somewhat since 2000, but how significantly? Notice the difference between state-wide population figures for 2000 and 2001:

2000: 754,844 per your posts at #14 & #17
2001: 756,600 per Robert_Paulson2 at #15

The state-wide population increase between 2000 and 2001 was 1,756. What sort of change took place during 2002? Regardless, I don't see how it could explain away the numbers in these counties, even if registration was manditory.

while I realize SOME folks who were seventeen turned eighteen, I suspect SOME folks died TOO, during that period. I wonder if they were deleted off the registration rolls or if they too were resurrected to "get out the vote"?

Something awry here. WHO is working on this? Thune's crew? Ashcroft? Bush's team? or just Freepers?

Thune may have lost fair and square. I doubt it. Is this the state where the Indian lady was paid by dems to "get out the dead" and was forging signatures on ballot applications?

Seems MORE than a recount is in order.