Update 2026.04.14 05:12 CDT: James Bialota challenged Marty Jackley’s petition. The Secretary of State announced Friday that the challenge booted seven signatures from the random…
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Update 17:03 CDT: Between breakfast and close of business today, Secretary of State Monae Johnson added four Democratic candidates to the official list! I am…
The South Dakota Democratic Party announced last week that it has fielded candidates in 83% of South Dakota’s Legislative districts. 83% of 35 districts is…
Speaking of the primary, Jon Hansen and Dusty Johnson both say they’ve submitted their nominating petitions with far more than the 2,171 signatures needed to…
Representative Rebecca Reimer (R-26B/Chamberlain) is out to rob candidates of two to three weeks of petition circulation time. Right now, party candidates for most partisan…
Mark reads my post on the Secretary of State’s Proposal #14, changing the basis for calcualting signature requirements for candidate petitions, asks me what I…
Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s packet of election-reform proposals includes a proposal to base signature requirements for candidate petitions on voter registration totals rather than…
The Secretary of State’s candidate website has a handy feature allowing users to sort certified primary candidates by their petition filing date. Click once, and you…