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House Approves Unconstitutional 8-Month Initiative Petition Deadline; Conference Committee Must Save SD from Another Court Loss by Amending Deadline to May

Another important bill headed for conference committee is Senate Bill 113, in which the Legislature attempts to replace the unconstitutional 12-month deadline for initiative petitions…

SB 180 Still Unconstitutional, Still Dead—Eighth Circuit Agrees State Can’t Make Paid Petition Circulators Register Before Collecting Signatures

The state has suffered another loss in court over its effort to quash South Dakotans’ right to initiative and referendum. Yesterday the Eighth Circuit upheld…