Back in 2015, the new American Civil Liberties Union policy director for South Dakota, Libby Skarin, warned Senate State Affairs that legislation it was considering…
Tag: ballot access
At Saturday’s crackerbarrel in Aberdeen, I asked our legislators to weigh in on two competing bills dealing with ballot access. House Bill 1286 defines “alternative party”…
Judge Lawrence Piersol heard opening arguments and testimony in the Libertarian/Constitutionist lawsuit against South Dakota’s onerous ballot access laws yesterday. The judge also confirmed that…
Republican Caucus Works to Weaken Parties with Counter-Bill to Moot Conventions! The bill my sources said was coming last week to moot the Libertarian/Constitutionist lawsuit…
The Libertarian and Constitution parties are supposed to get their day in court February 6, when federal Judge Karen Schreier plans to hear arguments in…
South Dakota’s Libertarian Party and Constitution party get their day in court on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the federal courthouse in Sioux Falls. That’s…
The Libertarian and Constitution parties of South Dakota are still suing South Dakota over its burdensome ballot access laws for new political parties. Former Libertarian leader Bob Newland…
Can any South Dakota Republican offer an honest reason to vote for sexual predator Donald Trump for President? Rep. Kristi Noem can’t. Asked by a Bon…
Brendan Johnson is working hard… for the Constitution and Libertarian parties! Acting as counsel for South Dakota’s two teeniest political parties, Johnson and ACLU attorneys…
No wonder my neighbor Ken Santema hasn’t been blogging much; he’s been working on a lawsuit with Brendan Johnson! Senate Bill 69, the misfiring petition reform bill…