In early April, I argued that requiring candidates and ballot question committees to circulate paper petitions face-to-face with voters during a pandemic, without extending deadlines…
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SD Dems exec Pam Cole says coronavirus killed Dems’ chances of getting a U.S. House candidate on the 2020 ballot: But, Cole said, the biggest…
South Dakota Republicans are concerned about candidate residency, but only when it involves non-Republicans. They are willing to go to court to claim that the…
Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman has violated the city’s conflicts of interest policy again. Evidently unhappy with seeing his self-dealing and other bad ideas shot down…
Shutting down gun stores may not infringe on our Second Amendment rights, but shutting down petition drives violates our First Amendment rights. No state that…
Lee Strubinger asked Governor Kristi Noem yesterday if she’s thinking about calling a special session of the Legislature to address the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Noem…
Senate Bill 180, the revamped ballot question petition circulator registry and badging mandate, is on its way to Governor Kristi Noem’s desk. In brief remarks…
Given that the Legislature is showing its willingness to hoghouse bills at the last minute for surprise purposes, I propose several new bills that the…
Senate Bill 180, the revised registry and badging scheme for paid ballot question petition circulators, passed House Local Government on Tuesday with one significant amendment.…