The first bill affecting initiative and referendum is in the hopper, and surprisingly, it is not an attack on direct democracy. Instead, Republican (!) Senator…
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Voters in most states leaned progressive in Tuesday’s votes not only in their choices of candidates but also in their stances on ballot measures. The…
Senator Sue Peterson (R-13/Sioux Falls) submitted four proposals (M, N, O, and P) to the Comprehensive Property Tax Task Force, and the committee recommended all…
Back in January, during the House State Affairs hearing on House Joint Resolution 5003, the proposal now on the 2026 ballot to increase the vote…
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…
Last week Attorney General Marty Jackley issued his draft ballot explanation for Aberdeen Democrat Brian Bengs’s proposed initiated amendment to prohibit Legislative repeal and amendment…
Attorney General Marty Jackley has released a profoundly straightforward and downright boring draft explanation of the marijuana lobby’s proposed initiative to remove the single-subject rule…
Speaking of the single-subject rule, Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Pierre) is doing a little more hacking of citizens’ right to amend their constitution with House Bill…
A Twitter friend notes that Kansas voters exhibit the same schizophrenia at the ballot box as South Dakota voters. They’ll vote liberal on some ballot…
Our forgetful Secretary of State Steve Barnett appears to have forgotten to publish a copy of the Ballot Question Informational Pamphlet for the primary in…