The gag order that Governor Kristi Noem has imposed across state government leaves citizens in the dark about how elected officials and public agencies are…
Posts tagged as “Steve Barnett”
Barnett Quits Early, Monae Johnson Gets Head Start on Rigging Elections
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-12-05
Steve Barnett is so mad that his party didn’t renominate him for another four years as Secretary of State that he’s quitting early, allowing election-saboteuse…
Barnett to Lobby for Electric Coops While Waiting for Monae to Fail
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-11-11
The South Dakota Rural Electric Association has turned to another Republican establishment figure from Aberdeen to run its largely socialist operations. In October, SDREA picked…
Dakotans for Health Proposes Initiatives to Repeal Sales Tax on Food
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-08-17
Attorney General Mark Vargo has been on the job for less than two months, and his job doesn’t really include keeping the public updated on…
Weighted Vote Hews Closely to SDGOP Delegate Headcount; Natvig Needed to Flip 7 Jackley Voters to Win
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-06-27
While still apparently so shell-shocked at the mugwump convention revolt against his mainstream GOP sponsors that he hasn’t offered any substantive commentary or analysis on…
Jackley, Rhoden Nearly Lose Nominations; SDGOP Tosses Barnett, Picks Less Qualified Monae Johnson for Secretary of State
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-06-26
Jason Ravnsborg is gone, but the kakistocratic spirit that led his party to nominate him in 2018 (not to mention Trump in 2016 and 2020)…
Keintz Withdrew from District 1 House April 22; Vacancy Occurred After June 7
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-06-15
Sally Jo Sorensen of Bluestem Prairie notices that her Democratic District 1 Representative, Jennifer Healy Keintz, didn’t really want another term in the Legislature. Sorenson reports that…
Secretary of State Forgets Campaign Finance Law He Enforced in 2020, Causes Non-Compliance by 22 Legislative Candidates
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-06-01
At least 22 candidates for Legislature appear to be out of compliance with South Dakota campaign finance law…and it appears their failure of compliance stems…
Frankenstein Seeks Delay for Manhart’s Response; SOS Barnett Dodges with Erroneous Technicalities; Both Ignore Facts of Manhart’s Illegal Candidacy
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-05-30
Sally Jo Sorensen of Bluestem Prairie serves the public by posting the responses of both recent Wisconsin immigrant Logan Manhart and Secretary of State Steve Barnett to…
Barnett, Price, Gill Violate Federal Voter Law, Fail to Register Indian Voters
By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-05-29
T. Denny Sanford didn’t break the law, but Secretary of State Steve Barnett, Department of Social Services Secretary Laurie Gill and Department of Public Safety…