After invalid notary seals caused the decertification of her nominating petition, Brookings Democrat Mary Perpich was feeling queasy about switching her voter registration* from her…
Tag: Independents
Only four non-major-party candidates—one independent and three Libertarians—have filed petitions to run for Legislature. Independents have until April 24 to file their petitions, but thanks…
Speaking of running for county commission, the petition requirements in Minnehaha County demonstrate how Republicans and Democrats have rigged the system to keep independents off…
House Bill 1286, as amended Friday by Rep. Spencer Hawley (D-7/Brookings), fouls the bill’s original intent of satisfying the demands of the Libertarian/Constitutionist lawsuit that…
Dan Lederman and the elitists running the South Dakota Republican Party scared just enough of their members into killing House Bill 1305 last week. The GOP…
The South Dakota Republican Party spin blog, run by an employee of the party chair, tried this morning to make it sound like Rep. Drew…
South Dakota Republicans continue to resist open primaries. But some Republicans are suggesting we have open petitions. Senate Bill 79, tossed into the hopper this morning…
The South Dakota Board of Elections mustered a meager quorum today (five of seven members on the conference call at the start, but only four of seven members…
Either my low-cost messaging is getting out, or the flaws of Referred Law 19 are simply obvious to any fair observer. The Watertown Public Opinion urges…
Maybe newspapers just see the chance to sell more ads during the primary season. The Mitchell Daily Republic has company in endorsing Amendment V, the open non-partisan primary…