The Koch Brothers are probably going to sue to overturn Initiated Measure 24, G. Mark Mickelson’s ban on out-of-state money in ballot question campaigns. As I…
Tag: Initiated Measure 24
In 2016, then-Representative Don Haggar of Sioux Falls voted against adding a half-percentage point to our sales tax to raise our teacher pay. (In the…
G. Mark Mickelson got swamped by Big Tobacco in his unsuccessful Initiated Measure 25 campaign to fund vo-techs by raising our tobacco tax. But he…
On the 2018 ballot measures, South Dakotans showed a high aversion to change. South Dakotans rejected the two measures that could have made a substantive…
Even elitist Republican Speaker G. Mark Mickelson admits that the initiative and referendum process is “very cool.” It certainly was cool in 2016, when it…
That Sioux Falls paper almost agrees with me, but they agree completely with one of my frequent Black Hills commenters: Vote NO on everything, says…
The Secretary of State’s office is slow on posting the pre-general campaign finance reports that were due Monday. Ballot question committee finances are still incomplete.…
I am surprised by how many people call or write me asking for my thoughts on ballot measures. The latest request came from a friend…
Governor Dennis Daugaard himself steps out in favor of the easiest ballot measure to oppose, the patently unconstitutional Initiated Measure 24. In his Pro statement…
As court precedent elsewhere signaled was likely, a federal court has ruled that Colorado’s residency requirement for petition circulators likely violates the First Amendment and ordered…