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Legislature Does Not Replace Residency Requirement for Petition Circulators: Sponsors Able to Employ Out-of-State Circulators?

Published 2023-03-17 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

When the Eighth Circuit overturned South Dakota’s unconstitutional twelve-month deadline for initiative petitions in February, the Legislature acted quickly to fill that legal gap by…

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SB 180 Still Unconstitutional, Still Dead—Eighth Circuit Agrees State Can’t Make Paid Petition Circulators Register Before Collecting Signatures

Published 2022-11-02 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

The state has suffered another loss in court over its effort to quash South Dakotans’ right to initiative and referendum. Yesterday the Eighth Circuit upheld…

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Oral Arguments Before Eighth Circuit on SB 180: State Claims Fraud and Error Require Paid Circulator Registry and Badges; Plaintiffs Say Status Quo Works, SB 180 Violates First Amendment

Published 2022-04-07 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Rapid City attorney Jim Leach had to spend his St. Patrick’s Day in St. Paul, Minnesota, defending South Dakotans’ right to circulate ballot question petitions…

Continue readingOral Arguments Before Eighth Circuit on SB 180: State Claims Fraud and Error Require Paid Circulator Registry and Badges; Plaintiffs Say Status Quo Works, SB 180 Violates First Amendment