Last week’s notice from the South Dakota Board of Elections brings to my attention an important change to petition law that escaped my attention during Session. This…
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Sunday is laundry day… and tomorrow it’s petition day! New Approach South Dakota is bringing its ballot measure petitions for medical cannabis, recreational cannabis, and assisted suicide…
The Legislature waged half-war on the popular democracy yesterday, repealing Initiated Measure 22 but withdrawing a bill that would have put the process of amending the constitution out of reach…
Updated 2017.02.25 18:00 CST In their rush to repeal Initiated Measure 22, “South Dakota Lawmakers Are Showing Populism Is a Lie” (so goes the Washington Post headline).…
The South Dakota Board of Elections mustered a meager quorum today (five of seven members on the conference call at the start, but only four of seven members…
Also Offers to Help Minor Parties Keep Official Status The South Dakota Board of Elections met yesterday to consider draft legislation that it may propose to the 2017…
Attorney General Marty Jackley published his explanation of Referred Law 19 yesterday. Referred Law 19, originally Senate Bill 69 from the 2015 Session, is the…
Attorney General Marty Jackley’s appearance this morning in the initial hearing on Joop Bollen’s charges is not completely out of the blue. A.G. Jackley stayed overnight after…
Ken Santema did good public service last week by shooting and posting video of my presentation on our ten ballot measures at the Brown County Democratic…
In my speech to the Brown County Democratic Forum yesterday, I tried to estimate how much predatory lender Rod Aycox spent per signature to get his fake…