The prescription drug price cap goes to the November ballot as Initiated Measure 26. Yesterday Secretary of State Shantel Krebs reported that she estimates the…
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When Secretary of State Shantel Krebs rejected Democratic candidate Mary Perpich’s nominating petition for District 7 Senate due to Rep. Spencer Hawley’s invalid notary seal,…
It looks like Pat Powers got it right: Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has kicked Democrat Mary Perpich off the District 7 Senate ballot. I…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson and I get to occupy the same inches in the that Sioux Falls paper. As you would expect, our comments to…
Speaking of petitions, Terry LaFleur failed to make the Republican gubernatorial ballot. He thought 2,034 signatures would be enough. But the statutory threshold for statewide…
Marty Jackley broke the petition-sampling table, so Shantel Krebs had to order a new one! Last Monday, our aspiringly gubernatorial Attorney General submitted his nominating…
The Legislature passed nine new laws this year that weaken our right to vote on laws and constitutional amendments. We will have two chances in…
South Dakota, the state that first enacted initiative and referendum, may be about to kill it. People keep asking me whether we should refer any…
I filed two candidate petitions at the Secretary of State’s office in Pierre yesterday, one for Brooks Briscoe, one for myself. Secretary of State Shantel…
Speaking of running for county commission, the petition requirements in Minnehaha County demonstrate how Republicans and Democrats have rigged the system to keep independents off…