Ohio Republicans tried the same election-rigging trick as South Dakota Republicans did in 2022: anticipating a vote on a constitutional amendment they didn’t like (abortion…
Tag: Amendment C
Defeating Amendment C in June protected democracy and healthy majority rule from the predations of Jon Hansen, Lee Schoenbeck, and their dissembling corporate overlords. But…
Dakotans for Health, the ballot question committee sponsoring Initiated Measure 28, pays me for a variety of work. Dakotans for Health is not paying for…
How unpopular was Amendment C, the proposal to require a 60% supermajority for voters to enact initiatives or referred laws that raise taxes or spend…
Senator Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Lake Kampeska) couldn’t sell Amendment C in his own District 5 and Codington County. With all 15 precincts in Codington County swiftly…
Voters Reject Amendment C! Minority Rule Loses Even Among Schoenbeck and Hansen’s Fellow Republicans
In a stunning rebuke to Republican legislators, South Dakota voters yesterday resoundingly rejected Amendment C by a vote of 33% Yes to 67% No. With…
Sanford Health employees heard from their boss yesterday that they should get out today and vote against Amendment C. Sanford president Paul Hanson emailed all…
Benjamin Case is a sociologist who studies politics and social change. He is a postdoctoral research scholar at Arizona State University’s Center for Work and…
Representative Jon Hansen has a really hard time selling his Amendment C with an honest argument. With just five days to go until everyone gets…
John Fiksdal hates Amendment C, the latest Republican effort to put minority rule into South Dakota’s Constitution and make it harder for South Dakotans to…