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.…
Tag: initiative
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…
*Correction! Turns out the dozer drivers lived up to my expectations! The Secretary of State’s submitted-signature count was highly inflated by the office’s counting methodology,…
With South Dakota voters successfully placing a whole passel of good democratic measures on the 2016 ballot, Republicans naturally want to continue their assault on South Dakotans’ constitutional…
We’re two steps toward the Rick Weiland trifecta! Yesterday Secretary of State Shantel Krebs certified the Anti-Corruption Act initiative petition. Secretary Krebs calculates that 18,122 out of…
Lisa Furlong, the payday lenders’ front woman for their fake 18% rate cap, didn’t respond to reporters yesterday seeking her reaction to the certification of her petition as Amendment U…
The good news: Secretary of State Shantel Krebs continues to validate petitions right on the schedule I calculated on Christmas Eve and updated last week. The bad…