Kea Warne from the Secretary of State’s office sends me an interesting update on petition law. Apparently, circulators can sign their own petitions! I was…
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Shantel Krebs sent me not one but two letters yesterday. I feel all tingly: The efforts to refer Senate Bill 69 (the petition “reform” bill that…
Dakota Free Press readers are spoiling for a fight… or two! The first Dakota Free Press poll asked, “Should voters refer SB 69 (petition reform) and/or SB…
South Dakota’s Senate Bill 69, the petition reform bill, has gained unfavorable national attention. The Centrist Project, which promoted Independent U.S. Senate candidates Larry Pressler in South…
Some Democrats seem most exercised over the anti-placeholder provision of Senate Bill 69. Our Republican friends seem to think that an integral part of “petition…
Plus, a guide to starting a referendum! I’d like your input. Yesterday, Governor Dennis Daugaard signed two odious laws: Senate Bill 69, the petition reform…
So far the South Dakota Blogosphere votes 4–1 against Senate Bill 69, the petition reform bill that mutated into an attack on voting rights. Joining…
Governor Dennis Daugaard can spare the state a lawsuit if he vetoes Senate Bill 69. However, if he doesn’t veto, here’s how the petition reform bill will change…
I’ve asked for just two vetoes from Governor Dennis Daugaard this session: first Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage; now Senate Bill 69, the main petition…
Dakota War College flunks again, misreading the law in his zeal to squash Independent challengers to his Republican patrons and thus misinforming the public. The…