Initiated Measure 22, the voter-approved Anti-Corruption Act, includes one potentially unconstitutional section. Scroll to the bottom and read Section 68: There is hereby appropriated from the…
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The South Dakota Board of Elections mustered a meager quorum today (five of seven members on the conference call at the start, but only four of seven members…
I was having a perfectly lovely day until I learned that a woman has accused one of the few new Democrats going to Pierre of acting…
A couple dozen Augustana students have been disenfranchised by the unexplained failure of their voter registration cards to reach the Minnehaha County auditor’s office: Augie Governor Professor Emily Wanless…
Supporters of the 36% rate cap on payday loan interest have complained that a new ad from Brett Koenecke’s new Credit for South Dakota ballot question…
If you like clash in a debate, you’ll love Inside KELOLand‘s segment on Referred Law 19, the petition reform bill, featuring Rep. Jim Bolin on the affirmative…
Yesterday I noted retired counselor Karen Miller’s argument that Amendment S, the purported crime victims bill of rights, actually invades crime victims’ privacy by expanding the definition of…
Also Offers to Help Minor Parties Keep Official Status The South Dakota Board of Elections met yesterday to consider draft legislation that it may propose to the 2017…
You know that discussion we’re having about the wisdom of posting Bob Newland’s ballot (or anyone else’s) online? The Board of Elections appears to have read up to the…
Bob Newland makes minor trouble again. On Facebook, the longtime Libertarian posts his early ballot, showing that he voted for the Johnson-Weld Presidential ticket, then voted Democratic for everything…