Democracy won a few battles in the Legislature yesterday. Most notably, the House killed House Bill 1275, which would have required ballot question petitioners to obtain…
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Back in 2015, the new American Civil Liberties Union policy director for South Dakota, Libby Skarin, warned Senate State Affairs that legislation it was considering…
LRC finally posted the House State Affairs amendment to HB 1275, and I can report with some relief that, in addition to lowering the number…
In his overblown Republic-Not-A-Democracy™ testimony to House State Affairs for House Bill 1275 yesterday, Representative Steven Haugaard defended his unworkable Senate-district quota for ballot question…
In 2016, Secretary of State Shantel Krebs was able to plow through eight ballot question petitions by February 4. This year, Secretary Krebs has finished reviewing…
One of Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s meaner ideas passed the House this afternoon, though not without some Republicans telling the Speaker he’s going too far…
After hearing Aberdeen legislators bow and scrape to local lobbyist Julie Johnson and vow they’ll vote for all the bills seeking to fund crackerbarrel host…
Frerichs Says Respect the Voters, Leave Initiative and Referendum Alone! At the end of yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel, my neighbor and local orchestra teacher Joe Berns…
Let’s kill initiative and referendum altogether! must have been what Rep. Steven Haugaard and Senator Al Novstrup meant when they prime-sponsored House Bill 1275, a…
Senate Bill 12 eased through Senate State Affairs Friday. One of ten Initiative and Referendum Task Force proposals placed in the Legislative hopper, SB 12 removes…