Why bother? In 2006, South Dakota voters passed a law, Initiated Measure 5, saying that state officers and employees may use the state airplane only…
Tag: Initiated Measure 22
Last November I mentioned Let My People Go, a nice little documentary video about the successful David-vs-Goliath initiative that South Dakotans passed to cap payday lending…
Adam St. Paul of Dakota Broadcasting had me on the radio yesterday to talk about Judge Charles Kornmann’s overturning of Initiated Measure 24, Mark Mickelson’s…
“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…
Represent South Dakota offers two video ads for Amendment W, neither of which hit the marketing mark I expected: Obviously Represent South Dakota is trying…
If Spearfish voters don’t want to wait until October 22 for City Hall downtown to start taking ballots, they can drive down to the Lawrence…
David Owen and the Chamber of Commerce are girding for battle against Amendment W, the Anti-Corruption and Voter Protection Act intended to re-instate Initiated Measure…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson thought Henry T. Nicholas’s crime victims bill of rights—branded by Nicholas as “Marsy’s Law”—was a bad idea when it came before…
Senator Billie Sutton is sending a clear message to his fellow Democratic candidates: campaign on Initiated Measure 22. The Democratic candidate for governor released a…
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…