Rep. G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) wants special treatment for his new out-of-state friends’ revised version of Marsy’s Law, the crime victims bill of rights. That…
Tag: ballot questions
Hoghouse Coming! Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) had the reasonable idea of increasing campaign finance transparency by requiring ballot question committees to submit mid-year reports…
The Legislature has finally stopped House Bill 1216, Rep. Spencer Gosch’s recycled attempt to restrict out-of-state contributions to South Dakota ballot question committees. Senate State…
Revise my count downward! Of fourteen constitutional amendments floated by the 2018 Legislature, only three remain alive: Bill Title Cmte1 Floor1 Cmte2 Floor2 HJR 1001 Raise…
However many of the remaining five initiatives join the three currently certified for the ballot, we could still have a fuller slate of ballot measures…
Out-of-State Money Cap Narrowly Passes on Second Vote A funny thing happened Tuesday to Rep. Spencer Gosch’s House Bill 1216, his recycled cap on out-of-state…
Senate State Affairs heard a couple of bills of interest to campaign financiers and watchdogs this morning. Senate Bill 128 proposes to restore the ability to…
Last summer, the state Chamber of Commerce called for allowing ongoing multi-issue ballot question committees. Senator Terri Haverly (R-35/Rapid City) has responded to that call…
One of my District 3 legislators, Republican Drew Dennert, uses a guest spot on the SDGOP spin blog to encourage people to approach ballot measure…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson has received approval from the Secretary of State to start circulating his unconstitutional proposal to ban out-of-staters from contributing to ballot…