Kinda surprising: Melissa Mentele’s filing of an affidavit to challenge Secretary of State Shantel Krebs’s rejection of her medical cannabis initiative petition. Really surprising: Secretary Krebs’s…
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It’s official: I have already won half of my District 3 Senate campaign by driving the current underperforming incumbent from his seat: After 10 years in…
The House convenes in mere minutes. Among the 20 House bills they must clear on this Crossover Day is one big stinker, House Bill 1161, the…
In my speech to the Brown County Democratic Forum yesterday, I tried to estimate how much predatory lender Rod Aycox spent per signature to get his fake…
Rep. Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) came through this week with his proposal to require geographical diversity in signatures on ballot measure petitions. House Bill 1241 adds this formula…
The work of democracy never ends—I have another speaking engagement on Monday! The Brown County Democratic Forum has invited me to speak at their February meeting.…
My Republican friend John Tsitrian threads an interesting political needle in the Rapid City Journal. He says he supports the intent of House Bill 1067, the…
Senator Ried Holien (R-5/Watertown) is interested in reforming the petition process for ballot measures. Senate Bill 91 would add some information to the form that petition circulators are supposed…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs reminds campaigners of all stripes that their year-end campaign finance reports are due in her hands by Monday, February 1. Hop…
—Knock knock! —Who’s there? —North American Title Loan. You been circulating petitions? In tonight’s odd petition story, a Rapid City friend who circulated the petition for the…