Alas, the Legislature is not listening to constitutional or practical conservative sense on House Bill 1007. The hoghoused bill, which now simply reads, “No initiated…
Tag: initiative
Democracy won a few battles in the Legislature yesterday. Most notably, the House killed House Bill 1275, which would have required ballot question petitioners to obtain…
However the Republicans’ three initiative-wrecking amendments fare in House State Affairs this morning, a bunch of democracy defenders will hold a press conference in Sioux…
One candidate hoping to march straight from the Women’s March to Pierre is Sheryl Johnson, Democrat for District 11 House. Johnson posts her concern for…
Patrick Lalley keeps letting me come on his radio program. Today on KSOO, we talked about initiative, referendum, and our overreaching Legislature. Here’s today’s Patrick…
BiPartisan Dakotans, a Rapid City PAC run by Jody Severson and Jeff Masten, has set up a website to counter the Republican Legislature’s war on…
Imagine you’re headed to the courthouse in Sioux Falls, and you see a ballot question petitioner. You’ve heard there’s a really good ballot question circulating…
LRC finally posted the House State Affairs amendment to HB 1275, and I can report with some relief that, in addition to lowering the number…
Deferral to the 41st Legislative day usually means a bill is dead. House Bill 1007, one of the few reasonable, constructive proposals to come out…