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It turns out we don’t need Representative Jon Hansen’s House Bill 1094 to create a petition circulator registry. We already have one. On Wednesday, Secretary…
I sent my petition sample, circulator form, and sponsor’s affidavit to the Secretary of State yesterday to move my meta-initiative petition toward circulation: If you’re…
I’m two shakes and a notary seal away from having my initiative reform petition ready to circulate. But first, a word from our legislators! Senator Reynold…
…and Sports Betting a Progressive Tax? The Legislative Research Council doesn’t think sports betting in Deadwood will be a big moneymaker. In a fiscal note…
Earlier this month, the Legislative Research Council issued its fiscal note on the “meta-initiative“—the initiative to reform the initiative process—that I’ve proposed. Where the Attorney…
My two-word revision of my proposed petition reform initiative has given Attorney General Marty Jackley the opportunity to provide a far larger revision of his official…
Attorney General Marty Jackley provided his explanation this week of the best potential ballot measure in the 2020 hopper yet, my petition reform proposal. Alas,…
The Deadwood sports betting initiative that I reported on yesterday actually has two purposes. Along with adding sports betting to the ways one can lose…
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…