Remember what I said Tuesday about how any activists interested in launching an initiative petition drive needed to submit their language by Wednesday to avoid…
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“We don’t suffer from gridlock; we suffer from one-party domination,” says Rick Knobe in this documentary clip from Hedrick Smith on initiative, referendum, and the…
Well, nuts. It looks like this year all the crummy ballot questions are qualifying while most of the good ones aren’t. Secretary of State Shantel…
TakeItBack.org founders Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson combat the big corporate money lining up to defeat their prescription drug price cap initiative by noting that…
Rep. Kristi Noem tried to make a little political hay this week out of her effort to reduce health care costs by capping damages in…
I’m not the only one who thinks the “emergency clause” Republicans are using in House Bill 1069 to repeal Initiated Measure 22 is unconstitutional. Rick Weiland…
Journalist and political reform activist Hedrick Smith boosted South Dakota’s Initiated Measure 22 earlier this year. He returns with a blog post celebrating Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson’s…
Your mother dies and leaves you $50,000. What do you do with the money? New car New boat New porch New primary election system Drey…
Rick Weiland’s TakeItBack.org serves up a video that starts like a promo for steak at Parker’s Bistro but turns out to be Weiland’s latest effort to promote Amendment T,…
At this rate, Rick Weiland may end up getting more constructive laws passed than Mike Rounds…. Secretary of State Shantel Krebs certified Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson’s open non-partisan…