Secretary of State Monae Johnson said on Aug. 1 that the inclusion of information about a voter’s source of registration in a public database was inadvertent and has since been removed from the database.

Johnson’s office has been criticized for releasing a voter registration database that disclosed the identities of voters who had registered at a public assistance agency, with the ACLU of South Dakota alleging that the SDSOS was violating federal and state laws.

“As Secretary of State, I take full responsibility for the release of this information. My office is committed to both transparency and protecting voter privacy,” said Johnson in a press release. “Upon discovering the issue, we acted immediately to remove the data and prevent further dissemination.”

Johnson said in the release

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