Democracy won a few battles in the Legislature yesterday. Most notably, the House killed House Bill 1275, which would have required ballot question petitioners to obtain…
Tag: 2018 HB 1275
Imagine you’re headed to the courthouse in Sioux Falls, and you see a ballot question petitioner. You’ve heard there’s a really good ballot question circulating…
LRC finally posted the House State Affairs amendment to HB 1275, and I can report with some relief that, in addition to lowering the number…
In his overblown Republic-Not-A-Democracy™ testimony to House State Affairs for House Bill 1275 yesterday, Representative Steven Haugaard defended his unworkable Senate-district quota for ballot question…
Frerichs Says Respect the Voters, Leave Initiative and Referendum Alone! At the end of yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel, my neighbor and local orchestra teacher Joe Berns…
Let’s kill initiative and referendum altogether! must have been what Rep. Steven Haugaard and Senator Al Novstrup meant when they prime-sponsored House Bill 1275, a…