Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s packet of election-reform proposals includes a proposal to base signature requirements for candidate petitions on voter registration totals rather than…
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The petition process is near and dear to my heart. Naturally, I notice among Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s 17 proposals for election law changes…
An eager reader and keen observer of the Legislature responds to my morning post about Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s inclination to reduce absentee voting…
You’d think that Jon Hansen, with all of his legal education and Legislative experience, would be better at writing clear, consistent legislation. But no. Take…
Republican Secretary of State Monae Johnson is helping her party’s war on voting access by proposing to reduce the absentee voting period. She can’t mess…
Changes the Legislature made this year to the initiative process created one more difference in how the Secretary of State dealt with the initiatives launched…
Last month U.S. District Court Judge Camela C. Theeler told Secretary of State Monae Johnson and her minions that they cannot enforce an unconstitutionally early…
South Dakota’s election denialists are turning on Secretary of State Monae Johnson. After helping the underqualified Johnson oust incumbent and Republican favorite Steve Barnett at…
In minor skullduggery, Secretary of State Monae Johnson appears to be working to erode the authority of the bipartisan Board of Elections over her office.…
How dumb is the South Dakota Secretary of State’s office? So dumb that they can’t explain the legal impacts of a law they are proposing.…