The Republican war on initiative and referendum kicks off this Session with House Bill 1087, in which rookie Representative Travis Ismay (R-28B/Vale) invites yet another…
Tag: petitions
RV Voters Purged? Petitioners working to refer zoning for a data center to a public vote in Sioux Falls learned this week that they need…
If we can amend it to avoid another First Amendment violation and court injunction, Senate Bill 33 promises to make signature requirements for candidate petitions…
Mark reads my post on the Secretary of State’s Proposal #14, changing the basis for calcualting signature requirements for candidate petitions, asks me what I…
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…
On Sunday I discussed the inconsistency of Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s proposal to allow candidates to skip petitions and pay filing fees to get…
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…
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…
On Thursday, federal Judge Camela C. Theeler denied the state’s motion to stay her injunction against its unconstitutional February deadline for submitting initiative petitions. The…
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…